Climate change, overfishing and habitat loss have caused a sharp decline in fish stocks around Pemba Island, off the coast of Tanzania. To find a new income from the sea, women from Pemba are turning ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oceans 2050, under the leadership of President Alexandra Cousteau and Chief Scientist Professor Carlos Duarte, has unveiled landmark findings published in Nature Climate ...

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Seaweed and women’s empowerment may not sound like an obvious fit, but that is the quiet change taking place along the coastline. India’s seaweed industry is largely untapped, contributing only 0.003% ...

Seaweed is a versatile food that provides key minerals like iodine, magnesium and calcium. Adding seaweed extract to cattle feed could help reduce their methane emissions. Seaweed can also be turned ...

KWALE COUNTY, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The people of Kenya's coastal village of Mwazaro used to earn their living mainly growing cassava and maize, until the ravages of drought forced them to try a new crop ...

Meet the seaweed farmers of Zanzibar. These women are pioneers in a profitable industry, which was previously dominated by men. They’ve used their profits to support their community and uplift women ...

It’s low tide on a seaweed-filled beach in Zanzibar, and Pili Pandu is ankle-deep in the crystalline water, tying a piece of eucheuma spinosum seaweed onto a nylon rope. The wind is picking up and the ...