SWOT Small Grant for Sea Turtle Research

Since its designation as a marine protected area in 2004, Dungonab Bay and Mukkawar Island have been recognized as significant sea turtle habitats, but little research has been done. To help fill some data gaps relating to sea turtles in the marine park, Abdel-Rahman El Mahdi from Sudan applied for – and was awarded a […]

Financial support to further conservation and protection of Sudan MPAs

The Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park will be benefiting from a US$23.6m project to improve protection of three national parks in Sudan. US$4.6m of the financing has been allocated from the Global Environmental Facility and the remainder will be coming from the UN and national contributions, and […]

WCGA and SUDIA planning workshop for 2021

The Management Authority of the Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park  – Wildlife Conservation General Adminsitration (WCGA) and the Sudanese Development Initiative (SUDIA) convened a two-day workshop to develop their joint work plan for the Sudan marine parks for the year 2021. This joint planning workshop between SUDIA […]