On March 25, 2022, the Sierra Leone National Implementation Team discovered a new seagrass location on Seh Island within the Turtle Islands. This marks the third seagrass discovery in Sierra Leone since 2019.
Healthy West African seagrass ecosystems can help sustain coastal livelihoods and slow down climate change globallyNew groundbreaking work by GRID-Arendal and its partners shows why seagrass is vital for conserving West African biodiversity and protecting its coastline.After four years of…
A lot has changed since November 2019, when the ResilienSEA project awarded four seagrass research scholarships to master’s students. However, the recipients’ determination to complete their programs and protect seagrass ecosystems has not.
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 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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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,…