Nairobi Declaration

• It was fi rst signed in 1985 and entered into force in 1996, is part of the UN Environment’s Regional Seas Programme.
• It is a partnership between governments, civil society, and the private sector, working towards a prosperous Western Indian Ocean Region with healthy rivers, coasts, and oceans.
• The programme aims to address the accelerating degradation of the world’s oceans and coastal areas through the sustainable management and use of the marine and coastal environment.
• It pursues its vision by providing a mechanism for regional cooperation, coordination, and collaborative actions; it enables the Contracting Parties to harness resources and expertise from a wide range of stakeholders and interest groups; and in this way, it helps solve inter-linked problems of the region’s coastal and marine environment.