How We Train
Theoretical instruction is paired with hands-on field and laboratory practice, mentor-led experiments and real technical equipment.
Training and continuity
Capacity Development
Muanda Ocean Watch strengthens Congolese researchers, technicians and institutions so microplastic pollution and zooplankton biodiversity monitoring can continue over the long term.
Key areas
Core Components
Who We Train
Students, researchers, public officials, fishermen, women fish processors and sellers, local NGOs and community organizations.
Impact Measures
Participation, gender balance, early-career involvement, applied protocols, datasets, student projects, publications and use of results by officials.
Project detail
Training Modules
- Marine biology and coastal ecosystems of the DRC
- Oceanography, climatology and coastal environmental change
- Field sampling for water, sediments, plankton and marine organisms
- Morphological identification of zooplankton and marine invertebrates
- DNA barcoding and molecular biodiversity monitoring
- Detection and characterization of microplastics
- Ecotoxicological risks, food safety and public health implications
- Data management, metadata standards and open science
- Community-based monitoring and science-policy communication