From Our Blog

For this year’s World Fisheries Day, Mwinyi Hassan has prepared this blog to share his thoughts and expertise on the process of implementing community patrols for the Vanga Seagrass Project. Mwinyi is responsible for coordinating project activities on the ground and has established weekly patrols of the 225ha seagrass project areas in close collaboration with the local communities of Vanga Bay, the local Beach Management Units, and the Vanga Blue Forest team.

Omar Jobarteh has been working in community development for over a decade and brings his knowledge and passion to the development of Nnaa Samaa Mankolou. He is working with Sankandi Youth Development Association and has written this blog to showcase this work.

This blog’s author is Amelia Allerton. Amelia is responsible for the collaborative development of the seagrass biodiversity project and acts as the project’s technical coordinator. She has a background in biodiversity research within Marine Protected Areas and has experience supporting community projects. Introduction From community conservation in coastal Kenya to international recognition on the world stage, […]

ACES trustee and ENU lecturer, Dr Imi Dencer-Brown has written a blog post about the socio-cultural importance of mangroves. Imi’s perspective is drawn from time spent in the mangroves of New Zealand as part of her PhD research. Imi is a mixed methods researcher and lecturer in education. She works in cross-disciplinary spaces specifically with people and nature.

This blog was written by our Project officer, Amelia Allerton. Amelia is responsible for the collaborative development of the seagrass biodiversity project and acts as the project’s technical coordinator. She has a background in biodiversity research within Marine Protected Areas and has experience supporting community projects. In this 2-part blog series, we explore the importance […]

This blog was written by our Project officer, Amelia Allerton. Amelia is responsible for the collaborative development of the seagrass biodiversity project and acts as the project’s technical coordinator. She has a background in biodiversity research within Marine Protected Areas and has experience supporting community projects. In this 2-part blog series, we explore the importance […]

Ansumana is a core-founder of the Sankandi Youth Development Association based in The Gambia. This community-based organisation has been working hard to restore the local mangroves in Sankandi and support community development.

Ansumana was interviewed by ACES Chair Professor Mark Huxham to hear more about his story and journey into mangrove conservation. Ansumana is an inspiration in his local community and is now managing the project development of a blue carbon project in The Gambia, find out more by reading this blog!

This blog was written in collaboration with Ocean Bottle, who have supported ACES’ projects for several years as part of their commitment to improving the health of the ocean and our planet. This blog was written as part of our ‘financing blue carbon ethically, responsibly and effectively’ series and explores different approaches to compensating for […]

Impatience Earth is a pro-bono climate philanthropy consultancy that educates, challenges and inspires wealth holders to take bolder funding decisions to address the climate emergency.

We interviewed Yasmin Ahammad, the Co-Managing Director of Impatience Earth to gather her insights on climate philanthropy and understand what influences donors when they are considering which projects to fund.