Project
Securing marine resources and sustaining fisheries livelihoods in northern Kenya
Together with our partners, we are working to develop sustainable natural resource management for Kenya’s local coastlin...
Fauna & Flora works with local partners to manage marine protected areas and sustainable-use zones in the Pemba Channel, Tanzania, reducing the effects of climate change on vulnerable communities.
Our work in the Pemba Channel, Tanzania
Fauna & Flora has been working in the Pemba Channel with partner Mwambao Coastal Community Network since 2014. The Pemba Channel is a conservation hotspot but has historically suffered from harmful fishing practices that have destroyed large areas of the reef.
Coastal and marine resources remain vital in ensuring food security, offering livelihood opportunities to coastal communities and underpinning economic development. We work with our partner, Mwambao, to develop and implement community co-management plans, demarcate co-management areas, formalise bylaws that regulate permitted activities and establish community-led monitoring and surveillance systems.
Additionally, we are engaging with local communities and offering access to microfinance and value chain improvements to broaden skillsets and knowledge, helping households adopt and/or strengthen climate-resilient livelihood opportunities.
Fisher, Pemba, Tanzania. © Timur Jack-Kadioglu / Mwambao Coastal Community Network
Fauna & Flora and partners are working with coastal communities in Tanzania's Pemba Channel to ensure that fishing practices are sustainable.
Project goals
The goal of this project is to improve the management of marine protected areas and sustainable-use zones, namely the Pemba Channel Conservation Area (PECCA) and the islands of Tanga Marine Reserves. This will make key climate-relevant ecosystems, such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and coral reefs, more resilient and reduce the effects of climate change on vulnerable communities.
To ensure the long-term sustainability of the project, we are working with our partners to build up local and institutional capacity for ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change.
Timeline
South Pemba - Pemba Marine project area. © Tanguy Nicolas / Fauna & Flora
2023
Fauna & Flora and Mwambao start a 4.5-year grant financed by Blue Action Fund and Arcadia, expanding the work from seven communities to 25 communities on both sides of Pemba Channel.
Participatory Markets System Development (PMSD) Workshop. Pemba, Tanzania. © Timur Jack-Kadioglu / Mwambao Coastal Community Network
2017
Partnership’s work expands into more locations on Pemba Island and market-based approaches, microfinance and new training is introduced.
Participatory Markets System Development (PMSD) Workshop. Pemba, Tanzania. © Timur Jack-Kadioglu / Mwambao Coastal Community Network
2015-2016
Fauna & Flora and Mwambao implement the island’s first octopus-fishing closed areas.
Project partners
- Mwambao
- CORDIO East Africa
- UNEP-WCMC (on Ecosystem-based Adaptation)
Donors
Past donors include the UK government’s Darwin Initiative.
Ongoing donors to this project:
- Blue Action Fund (incl. Green Climate Fund)
- Arcadia Fund
Mwambao Coastal Community Network's film “Maisha yetu ya pwani” (Our life by the coast). The film tells the story of Suleiman, a member of the Fisher Committee for Tumbatu Island, one of 75 communities in Tanzania where Mwambao works.
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