The Gambia’s national implementation team holds a seagrass training for over thirty journalists
The Gambia’s National Implementation Team organized a day-long training on January 7th for over thirty journalists from the print and online press.
The ResilienSEA project concludes its series of national trainings on Seagrass Species Identification, Mapping and Monitoring in West Africa
The three final national trainings were successfully held in Senegal, Cape Verde, and Mauritania in February 2020. The ResilienSEA project started its series of national trainings on Seagrass Species Identification, Mapping and Monitoring in West Africa in Guinea in late…
Hunting for seagrass in Sierra Leone
https://vimeo.com/390752530 Melissa Ndure didn’t know much about seagrass before her trip to Senegal to take part in a workshop with the ResilienSEA project. In fact, the senior environment officer with Sierra Leone’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says she was more familiar with seaweed. …
Participant diary from the National Seagrass Species Identification, Mapping and Monitoring Training in The Gambia
We follow MSc. student Omar Sanneh during the capacity building workshop, where the Gambian national team discovered seagrass meadows around the Bijol Islands. From January 20-24 2020 in The Gambia, the ResilienSEA project held its fourthnational training on seagrass species…
Finding treasure in the Turtle Islands
An expedition documents seagrasses in Sierra Leone for the first time. Are there seagrasses in Sierra Leone? Up until last week, that was an unanswered question. While the 2003 World Atlas of Seagrasses indicates that Halodule wrightii is present in…
The third ResilienSEA National Seagrass Species Identification, Mapping and Monitoring Training held in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, the ResilienSEA project continues its series of capacity development workshops in the third out of seven West African pilot countries to wrap up 2019. From 9-11 December 2019, ResilienSEA held its third national training on seagrasses in…
Call for Expression of Interest Regional Coordinator – ResilienSEA
The ResilienSEA Project is funded by the MAVA Foundation and it aims to improve knowledge and experience and build capacity on Seagrass management. The pilot countries selected for this project are Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea,…
The diary of the ResilienSEA Scientific Research Strategy Lead during the National seagrass training in Guinea-Bissau
We follow Dr. Maria Potouroglou during the second of the ResilienSEA national seagrass identification, mapping and monitoring training series organized in seven West African countries. Day 1: Group departure for the Bijagos Islands From November 4-8 2019, a national seagrass identification,…
The first ResilienSEA National Seagrass Species Identification, Mapping and Monitoring Training held in Guinea
The workshop is the first in a series of national seagrass species identification, mapping and monitoring trainings held in the seven ResilienSEA pilot countries. From October 28th to November 1st 2019, the first ResilienSEA national training on seagrass species identification,…
ResilienSEA project team visits the seven implementing countries
ResilienSEA project team visits the seven implementing countries Grey Heron in Banc d’Arguin National Park, Mauritania. (Credit, PNBA) Seven countries. Three languages. Little knowledge about an important resource. Mapping and protecting the vast seagrass beds along the coast of Western…