The Nairobi Convention provides a mechanism for regional cooperation, coordination and collaborative actions in the Eastern and Southern African region that enables the Contracting Parties to harness resources and expertise from a wide range of stakeholders and interest groups towards solving interlinked problems of the coastal and marine environment including critical national and transboundary issues.
The Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region was signed in 1985 and came into force in 1996, making it one of 17 regional seas conventions and action plans. The Convention was amended and adopted in April, 2010.
The Nairobi Convention area extends from Somalia in the North to the Republic of South Africa in the South, covering 10 States, five of which are island States in the Western Indian Ocean and five mainland States. The Contracting Parties are Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and the Republic of South Africa. More...
The Secretariat for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean region (Nairobi Convention) is organizing a series of regional meetings that will be held back to back from 1 - 10 August, 2012 in Maputo, Mozambique.
The meetings include:
1. Regional Capacity Building Workshop on the Regular Process for the Western Indian Ocean region on 1 to 3 August, 2012;2. The Seventh Meeting of the Ad hoc Legal and Technical Working Group on ICZM Protocol to the Nairobi Convention (LTWG7) on 6 to 8 August, 2012;3. World Heritage Focal Points Meeting 4. Meeting of Focal Points to the Nairobi Convention on 9 August 2012; and 5. Meeting of the Consortium for Conservation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in Western Indian Ocean” (WIO-C) on 10 August 2012.More...
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First Announcement: The Seventh Conference of Parties to the Nairobi Convention [English][French]
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First Announcement: The Seventh Conference of Parties to the Nairobi Convention