The EU has launched the €11M Pamoja Tuhifadhi Bahari Yetu marine conservation project in Zanzibar. The initiative aims to reach 500,000 people, support 360 green entrepreneurs, and expand marine areas under sustainable management by 10% by 2028.
The project is funded under the EU’s Blue Economy for Job Creation and Climate Change Adaptation programme. The initiative will be implemented in four mainland regions—Mtwara, Coastal, Lindi, and Dar es Salaam—and North and South Unguja in Zanzibar. It targets to reach 500,000 people, create at least 360 blue and green entrepreneurs, support 15 plastic innovation ventures, and achieve a 10% increase in both investments in the circular economy and in marine and coastal areas under protection or sustainable management by 2028.
Speaking at the launch, Charles Oluchina, IUCN Country Representative in Tanzania, noted: “Despite the invaluable benefits the ocean provides to the planet, it is being faced by significant threats that, if not controlled,d will result in the loss of biodiversity and other values we receive from the ocean. IUCN envisages that this project’s interventions will contribute to the existing initiatives geared towards conserving Tanzania’s coastal and marine ecosystems.” Marc Stalmans, Head of Development Cooperation at the Delegation of the European Union to Tanzania and the East African Community, explained: “We as the European Union in general are pledging 20 billion euros per year on conservation and biodiversity.”
Read more at: https://www.tanzaniainvest.com/mining/eu-pamoja-marine-conservation-project-zanzibar
