WIO-RISE: Western Indian Ocean Regional Initiative
in Marine Science and Education

Participating Institutions

Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
School of Marine and Coastal Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
Oceanography Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Academic Director and Secretariat

Dr. Ing. Alfonse M. Dubi, Associate Professor and Director, Institute of Marine Science, University of Dar es Salaam

WIO-RISE seeks to promote research and training in skills that strengthen sustainable development, utilization of coastal and marine resource, and protection of the coastal and marine environment. The network will take advantage of the long experience of the IMS/UDSM, which has roots in the former East African Marine Fisheries Research Organization, and the affiliated Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association based in Zanzibar. The School of Marine and Coastal Studies at Eduardo Mondlane University is strategically located near the Sofala Bank, a major fishery and aquaculture resource, and the University of Cape Town has the only department in southern African offering graduate training in physical oceanography, climate science, and atmospheric science.