Effective marine resource co-management in the Pemba Channel Conservation Area
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £402,663
WHERE Tanzania
Summary
This project will build the capacity of fishing communities and the Pemba Channel Conservation Area (PECCA) Management to implement measures that: improve reef ecosystem health; improve sustainability of key fisheries; reduce targeted hunting of vulnerable fish species; examine the threats to cetaceans, sharks and turtles; and improve local wellbeing. Six communities and DFD-Pemba manage marine resources sustainably in key sites, stabilising reef health and function across 10,500ha of PECCA, leading to improved wellbeing for c.10,000 fisher men and women.
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