The MSc programme, completed as a one-year full-time or two-year part-time degree, aims to equip students with a thorough knowledge of the coastal marine environment. It will provide knowledge on current and future impacts on the ecosystems which comprise this zone and strategies for avoiding and/or mitigating the effects of (human-induced) environmental changes. It is...Read More
BERI participated in the Principal Investigator workshop on Ocean Acidification on 12-14 February 2019 in Mombasa, Kenya. The workshop was supported by WIOMSA in partnership with IOC-UNESCO to bring together the Principal Investigators of the OA projects in these six countries to present and discuss about their projects, data needed and data sharing strategies; site...Read More
BERI participated in the regional workshop on ‘Marine Organisms Response to Climate Change Effects – Adaptation or Extinction?’ organized by the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association and Lund University, Sweden on 8-10 October 2018 in Mombasa, Kenya.Read More
Staff members from the James Michel Blue Economy Research Institute, attended the Australia Awards Fellowships on ‘Capacity building in Blue Economy with emphasis on Blue Carbon’.Read More
The University of South Africa (UNISA) entered into a cooperation agreement with the African Union Commission in 2014 to assist the Commission in research capacity building and capacity development initiatives as part of the implementation of the African Union Agenda 2063.Read More
In response to an application submitted to IORA by Professor Dennis Hardy, an award was made in 2015 to enable the development of a managed network of environmental organisations in island states in the Western Indian Ocean.Read More
The Sir James Mancham International Centre for Peace Studies and Diplomacy and the James Michel Blue Economy Research Institute in collaboration with Cardiff University hosted a workshop on maritime governance and the relationship between maritime security and sustainable development in light of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.Read More
