Wetlands

Philip Kirui

Using Indigenous Knowledge for King’wal Wetland Conservation

The broad goal of this project is to promote community based conservation for King’wal swamp.

Patrick Byamukama Byaruhanga

Public Awareness and Participation in the Conservation of Wambabya Wetland/River in Hoima District

This project, therefore, is aimed at creating public awareness and participation in the conservation and sustainable management of this wetland.

Bijaya Kumar Kabi

Community Stewardship in Conservation and Sustainable Management of Mangroves in Orissa Coast

This project aims to create awareness, action and impart knowledge amongst community about the importance of mangroves and facilitate a process by which they can play their part in reducing threats and regenerate to this ecosystem.

Caroline Acheing Odera

Grass Root Initiatives for Restoration and Conservation of Koguta and Kusa Wetlands, Kenya

The project aim is to undertake biophysical survey of Kusa and Koguta Wetlands and empower Grass-root site conservation groups and communities through training and conservation education and public awareness for conservation of the wetlands.

Barry Bendell

Community-Based Seagrass Monitoring and Conservation at Phra Thong Island

This project aims to document the status of the seagrass resource at Phra Thong Island, increase local awareness of the benefits of conserving it, and develop a community-based program to monitor the long-term viability of the meadows.

Benjamin De Ridder

HONKO Mangrove Conservation & Education

With the second RSG and through our finished Mangrove Community Center, we will focus on actively demonstrating the advantages of a sustainable managed mangrove ecosystem

Keshav Puri

Sunkoshi River Nature Park Development for Wetland Education and Environment Information in Sunkoshi River Corridor of Okhaldhunga

The Sunkoshi River Nature Park provides people with information and conservation awareness about wetland creatures, birds and other wildlife and gives them the opportunity to enjoy, cherish and learn about the natural environment.

Nicodemus Nalianya

Enhancing Local Capacity for Monitoring Waterbirds and Wetlands in Kenya

To establish a new constituent of waterbird counters, supported by the appropriate equipment to sustain the continuity of wetlands monitoring and waterbirds in Kenya.

Peter Hodgson

Mangrove Planting Initiative

Mangrove planting to re-establish an eco environment for fish spawning and other marine life whilst providing long term improvements for local village inhabitants in the fishing industry and improving sea protection.

Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo

Fish Tidal Migrations in Mangroves of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (Colombia): Potential Nursery Areas for Fishing Resources

This project is intended to assess temporal and spatial changes in the nursery value for fish of intertidal mangrove areas in a prospective marine protected area of the Colombian Pacific.