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Participatory seagrass mapping for biodiversity conservation and sustainable fisheries

In West Africa, marine and coastal conservation is crucial. Community-driven MPAs like Joal-Fadiouth empower local communities and benefit ecosystems.

Draft Decision CP13/8 on the governance of coastal and marine areas in the Abidjan Convention area

Pilot Project resources - Benin, Pilot Project resources - Côte d'Ivoire, Pilot Project resources - Ghana, ResourcesBy admin 12/15/2022

Report of the Thirteenth Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas of the Atlantic Coast of West, Central and Southern African Region

Marine areas of ecological importance And or biological of the Ivory Coast

Pilot Project resources - Côte d'Ivoire, ResourcesBy admin 12/14/2022

The object of this study is the identification and description of the marine area of the mouth of the Aby lagoon as a new marine area of ecological and biological importance (Zieb) to be subject to the Convention on biological diversity (CDB).

Marine Area off Cape Three Points, Ghana

Pilot Project resources - Ghana, ResourcesBy admin 12/14/2022

The continental shelf west of Cape Three Points in Ghana is an area that has been identified as having prevailing favourable oceanographic conditions such as right temperature, salinity and nutrient-rich upwelling waters suitable for high productivity of fish food (phyto- and zooplankton).

Using the IMET to identify priorities for management in two protected areas in Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

Marine and coastal SolutionsBy admin 09/09/2022

Cape Verde’s biodiverse protected areas face resource and data challenges. Fundação Tartaruga, with MAA-BV and BIOPAMA, works to protect them.

Addressing resource degradation to enhance climate change resilience

Marine and coastal SolutionsBy admin 05/10/2020

The IUCN Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Communities (EPIC) project, is using local knowledge to reforest areas, restore degraded lands and regulate natural resource use in the protected area.

Côte d’Ivoire has launched its pilot project on the integrated management of the marine and coastal area from Abidjan to Assinie (GIAMAA).

NewsBy admin 05/07/2019 2 Comments

On May 2 2019, the Ivorian Center for Antipollution (CIAPOL) under the supervision of the Ivorian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, has launched the GIAMAA project in Grand Bassam.

A Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) framework for the Abidjan Convention countries

ToolsBy admin 03/01/2019

This document is intended as a guide to assist countries of the Abidjan Convention to establishing a Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) process. The guide provides practical advice on the activities and series of steps required to run a successful MSP process. It also frames MSP as part of an ongoing management cycle, and uses examples…

State of the Marine Environment (SoME) reporting framework for the Abidjan Convention countries

ToolsBy admin 03/01/2019

This document describes the general approach for the development of marine assessments or State of the Marine Environment reporting (SoME) under the Mami Wata project. The methodology follows the structure and approach described in the Integrated Environmental Assessment Training Manual (UNEP/IISD 2009) and offers, depending on availability of data and information, different options to develop…

An Ecologically or Biologically Significant marine Area (EBSA) framework for the Mami Wata project

ToolsBy admin 03/01/2019

This document makes available to the signatory countries of the Abidjan Convention a guide to understand the process of describing Ecologically or Biologically Significant marine Areas (EBSAs) and helps them initiate an EBSA process. The document describes in detail the process of identifying and describing EBSAs based on the CBD reference documents, but also on…

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