A new e-learning course introducing a new project that will help assess, monitor and manage coastal fisheries has been launched by the GEF-funded Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI), as part of its knowledge management portfolioaimed at developing more integrated approaches to coastal fisheries management. The three-module online course on the Fisheries Performance...

Imagine the size of 18 000 football fields, back to back. That is the magnitude of mangrove forests in Côte d'Ivoire. Nestled mainly along the south coastline, around 10 000 hectares of mangroves can be found between Assinie and Fresco in large lagoons and along the Cavally River that borders...

UN agencies and international conservation organizations met to push forward plans to restore mangrove forests in West Africa to benefit the local communities and economies that depend on coastal fisheries.   Mangrove sites in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal will undergo assessment and reforestation plans under the Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI), a multi-agency development program to...

Global call to balance relation between human needs and underwater life: the Coastal Fisheries Initiative in Latin America (CFI).

Fish provide 3.2 billion people with about 20% of their animal protein and essential nutrients for growth and maternal health. The Coastal Fisheries Initiative, CFI, was developed to demonstrate and promote integrated approaches that support environmentally, economically and socially sustainable use and management of coastal fisheries. The Programme takes a...