New Pemba Office!

OUR NEWS NEW SUB-OFFICE New Sub-office in Pemba! 11/09/2019 New sub-office in Pemba! In August we opened our new sub-office in Mkoani , South Pemba. This will be a base for our work in Pemba as a whole but in particular for our project partnership with Fauna & Flora International in building the community NRM […]

Community Patrol – learning exchange!

OUR NEWS COMMUNITY PATROL Community Patrol – learning exchange! 27/08/2019 Community Patrol – learning exchange! At the beginning of July, we led a Peer Learning study visit from Pemba Island, Zanzibar to the Northern Mainland Tanzanian coast, and what a great success. 18 individuals travelled form Pemba to mainland Tanzania to learn from the enforcement […]

Panel seat in Zanzibar Marine Biodiversity Debate

OUR NEWS ZANZIBAR MARINE BIODIVERSITY DEBATE Panel seat in Zanzibar Marine Biodiversity Debate 02/08/2019 We had a seat on the panel of a debate discussing the challenges, actions already in place and what needs to be done in the future to secure marine biodiversity in Zanzibar. Lorna Slade from Mwambao was joined on the panel […]

Artificial Reef Construction Training

OUR NEWS ARTIFICIAL REEF CONSTRUCTION TRAINING Artificial Reef Construction Training 25/06/2019 We had a blast making our first reefballs of 2019! The reefballs will form an artificial reef which is going to be incorporated into our community-based management work with Boma Subuntuni village near Tanga. Our work with Boma Subutuni is an expansion of our […]

Study tour. Communities working together are stronger

OUR NEWS TOGETHER COMMUNITIES ARE STRONGER Study tour Communities working together are stronger 04/06/2019 Communities working together are stronger. An exchange visit to learn about Collaborative Fisheries Co-management! Our team have just returned from a week in Kilwa district of Tanzania learning from the experience of communities, some who have been  working together for more […]

New partnership for Artificial Reef project!

OUR NEWS ARTIFICIAL REEF PROJECT New partnership for Artificial Reef project! 23/05/2019 New partnership with Rustic Pathways! The project will develop an artificial reef, in the form of Reef Balls, to complement our sustainable management activities with Boma Subutuni village on mainland Tanzania. We’ll be working with community members and international students to construct and […]

Let’s celebrate: extension of Blue Ventures partnership!

OUR NEWS EXPANSION OF BLUE VENTURES PARTNERSHIP Let’s celebrate: extension of Blue Ventures partnership! 21/05/2019 It’s time to celebrate! We have been working with partners Blue Ventures since October 2016, and we are pleased to announce that we have extended our partnership for an additional 1 and a half years!! We’re excited to see what […]

Have you ever seen a nonapus?

OUR NEWS Have you ever seen a nonapus? Have you ever seen a nonapus? 16/05/2019 Our recorders in Mtende village, Zanzibar, measured this nine-legged male big blue octopus, Octopus cyanea! It’s a very exciting find! Nonapus do occur occasionally, but we can’t see any other records of nine-legged Octopus cyanea, perhaps this is the first […]

A Pemban village fisher committee shares their success – Kamati ya uvuvi yenye ufanisi

OUR NEWS VILLAGE COMMITTEE SHARE THEIR SUCCESS A Pemban village fisher committee shares their success – Kamati ya uvuvi yenye ufanisi 14/05/2019 A community in Pemba, Zanzibar share the successes of their fishers committee through a community film. What makes effective community fisheries conservation? https://youtu.be/NSXYK1xi-OM Zanzibar coastal communities interact with the ocean daily; numerous livelihoods […]

Local action to save the ocean. Insight into Mwambao’s work

OUR NEWS INSIGHT INTO MWAMBAO’S WORK Local action to save the ocean. Insight into Mwambao’s work 16/04/2019 Check out this awesome talk by our Executive Director, Lorna Slade, to get an insight into some of the work we’re doing at Mwambao. We were humbled to be invited by Fauna & Flora International to present at their event […]