Cover photo: A man dumps more plastic into an Indian Ocean waterway (Msimbazi River) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania earlier this year (Photo: Raqey Allaraqya). ******* Experts from around the world convened at the UN Regional Headquarters for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya for the First Ad Hoc Open Ended Expert Group (AHOEEG) meeting on Marine Litter and […]
CYNESA participated in the 2018 World Environment Day (WED) events in a number of locations across sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya the WED celebrations were held at the Kwale Baraza Park in Kwale County, in the coast region of Kenya. The CYNESA team at the WED celebrations was led by Executive director Allen Ottaro, accompanied by Hellen […]
Plastic pollution has been recognized as a major global environmental concern that requires urgent global attention. Following deliberations at the 2007 United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA 3), an ad hoc open-ended expert group was created to look at ways of combating marine plastic liter and microplastics and offer globally workable options for the member states, […]
Le Parc National de Kahuzi-Biega est situé à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo et il a été créé en 1937 comme une réserve forestière et qui s’étend sur trois province du pays. Il s’agit, de la province du Sud-Kivu, la province du Nork-Kivu et celle de Maniema. Son nom vient de deux grands […]