By Dominique Cadiou | Update, Oceans Alive Kenya
Oceans Alive Kenya (OAK) is a passionate team with many decades of combined experience in community based marine resource management. We share knowledge and build capacity for sustainability. We believe the needs and rights of the community can be balanced with the needs and rights of our environment.
We were founded to build on the momentum of the region's first Community Conservation Area (tengefu) that we initiated in Kuruwitu in 2006. The economic and environmental impact at Kuruwitu has sparked a community led movement in the region. Our solution has influenced and catalysed policy, resulting in the 30-acre area being upscaled into approximately 600,000 hectares being put under Joint, Community-Led Co-Management.
We have boosted local fish biomass by 400%, planted 20,000 coral colonies and made economic strides through tourism and permaculture.
Our education centre offers training, technical advise, toolkits, mentoring and learning exchanges to guide our students and partners through every step in the process of conservation management. We have educational programmes starting at primary school level and including gap year students, under and post graduates and interns.Education is another important way in which we scale our model. We have plans to develop our centre into the first and only marine education centre and marine museum in Kenya.
Recognised on a Global Stage
King Charles III recently visited us at Oceans Alive Kenya and toured our award-winning community-led marine conservation project. Following the King’s visit we have put together this project so that everyone gets a chance to sponsor a coral restoration structure; a unique and special festive gift with lasting positive impact on marine life for years to come.
One of the highlights of His Majesty’s visit to Kuruwitu Marine Sanctuary was the dedication of a coral restoration structure in which the King’s cypher was embedded. The King helped plant live coral fragments on the structure and oversaw its launch into the sea. His Majesty expressed genuine enthusiasm and interest in marine conservation and coral restoration. Within days of the King’s visit, we’ve already seen multitudes of inquisitive fish checking out the King's coral structure.
The King's Coral Reefs initiative embodies the values of remembrance, sustainability, and community and leaves a positive environmental impact for generations to come. It's an innovative and meaningful way to contribute to coral restoration and marine conservation. Regular progress reports give a tangible connection between your support and the flourishing of new life through coral restoration; fostering a sense of continuity and shared purpose in the importance of conservation of marine ecosystems
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