Visit from British High Commissioner to Tanzania
OUR STORIES BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER VISIT Visit from British High Commissioner to Tanzania 09/12/2019 Mwambao, Fauna & Flora International and Department of Fisheries staff welcome the British High Commissioner to Tanzania, HC Sarah Cooke, to our project location in Kukuu, South Pemba, Zanzibar. This Pemba Channel conservation project working with fishing communities to promote sustainable […]
What factors make community fishery closures work?
OUR STORIES What factors make community fishery closures work? What factors make community fishery closures work? 21/11/2019 What factors make community fishery closures work? Today we were exploring what influences long-term adoption of temporary octopus closures by coastal communities in Tanzania. This will contribute to Agent-Based Modelling forming part of the OctoPINTS project. This project […]
Blog: Linking a microcredit scheme to conservation compliance
OUR NEWS BLOG: MICROCREDIT SCHEME Blog: Linking a microcredit scheme to conservation compliance 31/10/2019 Linking a microcredit scheme to conservation compliance. Read this blog about the Greenfi/Mwambao microcredit scheme posted by partners Fauna & Flora International. “Borrowers have to commit to actions that contribute to effective implementation of local conservation measures; some join a daily […]
ICT4Fisheries Conference
OUR NEWS ICT4Fisheries Conference ICT4Fisheries Conference – Cape Town 28/10/2019 Mwambao attended the ICT4Fisheries conference in Cape Town earlier this month. A fantastic conference organised Abalobi and Blue Ventures. Great to have an opportunity to learn about the innovative use of technology in fisheries around the world; from biodiversity monitoring, to tracking fishing vessels and […]
Tourism supports conservation
OUR NEWS TOURISM SUPPORTS CONSERVATION Tourism supports conservation 11/10/2019 Tourism supports conservation in Ushongo! Dorobo Foundation in Arusha has long supported the conservation of Maziwe island Marine Reserve in Pangani through the ‘Friends of Maziwe – Marine & Turtle Conservation‘ who have financed of rangers and patrol as well as turtle nest relocation from the […]
New partnership with Stockholm Resilience Centre OctoPINTS project
OUR NEWS NEW PARTNERSHIP New partnership with Stockholm Resilience Centre OctoPINTS project 04/10/2019 A new partnership with Stockholm Resilience Centre OctoPINTS project a transdisciplinary research project funded by the Swedish Research Council and Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) through 2019-2022. The OctoPINTS project aims to collaboratively understand and make sense of short- and long-term […]
Mapping Community Closures
OUR NEWS MAPPING COMMUNITY CLOSURES Mapping Community Closures 26/09/2019 Yesterday some of our team were out on the water mapping the fishing grounds of 3 communities in Pemba, Zanzibar, alongside their SFCs (Community committees responsible for fisheries management decisions). An important component of our community-based management work is mapping each communities coastal resources to guide […]
New partnership with WildAid
OUR NEWS NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH WILDAID New partnership with WildAid 24/09/2019 New partnership with WildAid! Mwambao has joined forces with WildAid and the Department of Fisheries with the assistance of funding from USAID under the TzProtect programme. Our project is ‘Reversing biodiversity degradation and improving fisheries management through Community engagement, Pragmatic protection and Private sector […]
SWIOfish projects with Department of Fisheries
OUR NEWS SWIOFISH PROJECTS SWIOfish projects with Department of Fisheries 19/09/2019 SWIOfish*. Mwambao has been working closely with the Department of Fisheries Development, Zanzibar on two different SWIOfish-funded projects. We have taken part in the consultancy (with MRAG) to draft management plans for three key fisheries – octopus, small pelagic and reef-fish. We have learned […]
Reef Restoration Update: 67 reefballs constructed
OUR NEWS REEF RESTORATION UPDATE Reef Restoration Update: 67 reefballs constructed 17/09/2019 Reef restoration update: we now have 67 reefballs ready for deployment at Boma Subutuni, Tanzania – an area previously heavily plagued by blast-fishing! Mwambao are engaging with Boma Subutuni village to build the capacity of the community’s BMU* and implement a coastal resource […]