Tabitha Muriuki

• Wageningen University & Research

What does it mean to be an inclusive, diverse, decolonized and intersectional university research centre specialized in sustainability governance? What are the biases that we have when researching and teaching about sustainability governance? How do we create safe spaces to reflect on these biases and experiences of discrimination at the Wageningen...

Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, a group of Forest and Nature Conservation and Policy (FNP) group researchers came together to discuss whether and how we need to explore and fight discriminatory practices in our own institutional context. This document reports on our findings from a survey that ran over the summer 2020 (n = 44 responses...

Mangrove forests are under global pressure. Habitat destruction and degradation persist despite longstanding recognition of the important ecological functions of mangroves. Hence new approaches are needed to help stakeholders and policy-makers achieve sound management that is informed by the best science. Here we explore how the new policy concept...

Globally, artisanal fisheries are challenged by the combined impacts of overfishing, ecosystem degradation, climate change and lack of management intervention. Little is known of how traditional knowledge/skills held by fishers influence ability to exploit marine resources and whether such information could be incorporated into management practices...

We wish to acknowledge the contribution of all the respondents who shared their views and experiences with the research team. We are especially grateful to the communities of Kipini, Malindi, Bamburi, Shimoni and Vanga. We also acknowledge the assistance of. The Fisheries Department staff was very supportive in the respective sites. Sarah Ater is t...