1. The Nairobi Convention holds a successful Meeting of the Contracting Parties
2. Science for Policy meeting at COP7 of the Nairobi Convention, Maputo, Mozambique
3. Sea Cucumber Fisheries: an Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Indian Ocean (SCEAM Indian Ocean)
4. WIO-COMPAS Adds Six New Marine Field Operators to the Ranks of Certified Marine Protected Area Professionals (MPA PROs)
5. Growing from Strength to Strength: Building a Critical Mass of Practitioners for Integrated Sustainable Coastal Development
6. A strategic discussion on a proposed Northern Mozambique Channel Conservation Area (NMCCA)
7. Coral Reef Monitoring and Operational Oceanography Training Workshop
8. Conservation of WIO Mangroves as important Blue Carbon Sinks
9. Understanding the Potential for PES schemes to support climate compatible development in Kenya’s coasts EAFPES and iCoast workshop
10. Community Mobilization to Conserve Highly Degraded Urban Mangroves in Kenya
11. WIOMSA appoints a Coordinator of Research Programmes
12. Eighth WIOMSA Scientific Symposium: First Announcement and Call for Abstracts
