More on 4th #globalbleaching event. All eyes on whether corals recover from the #globalwarming -induced stress and what the future holds for their resilience. 🪸🪸🪸

#climatechange #massbleaching #coralbleaching

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Use this fantastic resource!! #globalwarming #stripes for any part of the world - here's mine for the center of #coralreef diversity and resilience in the western #IndianOcean showyourstripes.info/s/ocean/indian… #ShowYourStripes

📢Our 7th WIO Bleaching Alert for 2024📢

The 4th #globalbleaching event was announced on April 15, 2024, at the end of the bleaching period in the WIO. Positive outlook for recovery as temperatures drop across the region.

Full bulletin ➡️: cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

Speaking to NYT Science, CORDIO's Swaleh Ali Aboud shared our observations of severe #bleaching in Kenyan reefs. #Coral species that are known to be thermally resistant are bleaching, as are #reefs in a cooler area considered to be a climate refuge.

#climatechange

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🌎🚨BREAKING: NOAA Coral Program and ICRI confirm the Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event 🪸

#coralbleaching has now been confirmed in over 53 nations and across all Ocean basins 🌊. This #global event requires global action #ForCoral .

Download the press release #4GBE :

🚨FOURTH GLOBAL CORAL BLEACHING EVENT CONFIRMED🚨

Mass #bleaching of #coralreefs confirmed by NOAA and ICRI Secretariat in at least 53 countries and territories. Read our full press release ⬇️:

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#coralbleaching #climatechange #massbleaching2024

At the #OceanDecade24 , CORDIO's Samson Obiene shared insights on the trends, challenges & policy pathways for #sustainablebluetourism in the WIO. 🌊

Key takeaway from the Blue Tourism Initiative session: there's an urgent need for systemic assessment of #bluetourism incentives.

Just three years after members of the Munje Beach Mgmt. Unit shared their desire to develop a Co- Management Area (CMA) plan, the strategy to support their vision of a healthy, sustaining & well-governed ocean has come fruition. 🐟🌊🪸

Inside the plan ➡️: cordioea.net/munje-cma-plan/

📢Join us & the  #BlueTourismInitiative  for the Satellite Event “Bridging Ocean Research and Policy Agenda for Sustainable and Resilient Blue Tourism” at the #OceanDecade24

🗓️ April 9th in #Barcelona , Spain
⏰ 3 - 4.30 PM CEST
📍 ICM/CSIC (Room P31) and #Zoom .

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In the latest edition of the @WIOMSA News Brief, CORDIO's Mishal Gudka shared more insights (#25-#26) from his study on how to strengthen #coralreef resilience potential assessments. 🪸🪸🪸

Read the full article here: blog.wiomsa.net/wp-content/upl…

Last year, we published our guide to understanding the financing contexts of LMMAs. 🪸🌊🐟

This month, we used it to assess the financial resilience of Collaborative Fisheries Management Areas in Tanga, Tanzania, identifying needed financial tools.

🔗 : tinyurl.com/yc6huj97

📢 WIO #CORALBLEACHING ALERT 📢

The latest bulletin for 2024 is out. Widespread bleaching reported in Kenya and Tanzania, but little mortality evident. Peak temperatures likely reached, portending reduced risk in the coming weeks. 🪸🪸🪸

Full report ➡️: cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

In our interview, @DObura of ipbes and @CORDIOea reminded of our planet's lifelines: ocean currents. Carrying coral and fish larvae across the high seas, they are the backbone of coastal fisheries sustaining developing nations. #OceanConservation #SustainableLivelihoods

David Obura of CORDIO East Africa reminded our #VillarsSummit audience of the need to employ #SystemsThinking to unite #Nature , #Economy and #Society to accelerate our planet's health restoration🌏🫱🏻‍🫲🏾🌿

#ClimateChange #BiodiversityLoss #SystemsLeadership #NetZeroEconomy

Looking forward to giving this talk at University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute on integrating actions for #sustainable #development with a #coralreef lens. Addressing global constraints within local contexts, and justifying who should do what #equity #SafeAndJust ECI, Univ of Oxford

More photo highlights of our #coralreef monitoring 2024. 🪸🪸🪸

CORDIO Director Melita Samoilys, and Scientists Swaleh Ali Aboud and Joshua Rambahiniarison joined a team in the Comoros to kickstart baseline surveys for the archipelago's marine parks. On the radar: #coralbleaching

Kicking off the #MonacoBlueInitiative in the amazing historical hall of the MuséeOcéanographique … discussing recent progress, and expectations for the coming years in ocean #protection and #sustainability #MBI2024

📢 WIO #CORALBLEACHING ALERT📢

The latest: Heat continues to accumulate with a sudden spike off the Kenya/N. Tanzania coast. Severe coral bleaching is likely across most of the region, except in the far south. 🪸🪸🪸

Full report ➡️: cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

📢BLEACHING ALERT📢

Find our latest #coralbleaching alert for the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) in the link below. Bleak forecast as El Niño persists, strong bleaching across WIO coral reefs on the horizon 🪸🪸🪸

cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

Our keynote speaker David Obura discussed coral reef conservation and addressing the biology-economy-society nexus.

His message- saving these ecosystems will require IMMEDIATE, integrative action to mitigate effects from direct and indirect drivers of coral loss. #WFC2024