Welcome to the Nairobi Convention
The Nairobi Convention provides
a mechanism for regional cooperation, coordination
and collaborative actions, and enables the
Contracting Parties to harness resources
and expertise from a wide range of stakeholders
and interest groups towards solving interlinked
problems of the coastal and marine environment.
The Nairobi Convention for
the Protection, Management and Development
of the Marine and Coastal Environment of
the Eastern African Region was signed in
1985 and came into force in 1996, making
it one of 17 regional seas conventions and
action plans.
The Nairobi Convention area
extends from Somalia in the north to the
Republic of South Africa, covering 10 States,
five of which are island States in the Western
Indian Ocean. The Contracting Parties are
Comoros, France (La Reunion), Kenya, Madagascar,
Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia,
Tanzania and the Republic of South Africa. More...
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The 6th WIO-LaB Project Steering Committee Meeting was held
in Seychelles, 9 to 11 March 2009.