📢CALL FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES📢

CORDIO East Africa and IDDRI are calling for applications from potential consultants for the elaboration of a regional diagnosis of the tourism sector in the WIO.

Deadline to apply: May 12, 2024.

Link to TOR➡️: cordioea.net/careers/

Sign this petition to scrap laws in #kenya that punish farmers from sharing their indigenous seeds - will you quickly add your name? act.gp/3zsLacw

South Asia is sleepwalking towards climate catastrophe. It's the highest populated & among the most climate change vulnerable regions in the world, yet there's hardly any public awareness or policy discussions on the unlivable conditions, crop failures & mass migrations to come.

#DYK it is rumored that the character design for Yoda was inspired by tarsiers? 🤔

The resemblance is uncanny!

Happy #StarWarsDay , and May the 4th (of nature) be with you.

April, you were a whirlwind across 3 continents- Lagos, Barça, Oxford, São Luiz, Brasília, Mombasa. But I connected with some amazing people, had fantastic conversations and am inspired that we CAN action a more sustainable and equitable future🪄🧚🏿‍♀️🧜🏽‍♀️
💪🏾💙🦄🐙🪷🦦🪸🥑🦥🍄🐦‍🔥🌈🫶🏽

Coral reefs are one of the world’s most spectacular, important ecosystems. However, decades of data show that they're declining rapidly. The evidence is clear; the time to act is now 🪸👇🚨

La #nature se détériore à un rythme et à une échelle sans précédent dans l'histoire de l'humanité. 🚨

1 million d'espèces de plantes et d'animaux sur un total d'environ 8,1 millions d'espèces sont menacées d'extinction.🥀
— #ÉvaluationMondiale de l'ipbes

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The flooding situation in Kenya is evolving into a national crisis. Public leadership seems distracted, and unable to coordinate a response to save lives. We are on our own really...

Not new news but tragically apt this season, just 3 years into the 50-yr window of the study, during the 4th global #bleaching event. Why does (some part of) humanity insist on sprinting to the finish? Winning means losing! #4GBE #tippingpoint #ClimateCrisis

📢ALL coral reefs in the Western #IndianOcean are at high risk of collapse with the next 50 years😱 A new study by David Obura et al. assessed coral reefs in 10 countries in the WIO using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems criteria🌊Read more: icriforum.org/study-coral-re…

Another great study by BirdLife Science exploring sources of mortality for migratory species, using tracking data. Yet more evidence of negative human impacts on the world's birds I'm afraid...

“An emerging mantra I see is that we should strive to live like the middle 40%, raise welfare and incomes in the bottom 50%, and reduce over-consumption and redirect wealth from the top 10%, to make all this possible and sustainable. ” — David Obura link.medium.com/SvJplXnz6Ib