Concerted action for successful coastal communities in Tanzania: Lessons from the Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership (TCMP) 2006-2009

The Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership (TCMP) works to implement the National Integrated Coastal Environmental Management Strategy (ICEMS) in Tanzania’s coastal landscapes and seascapes, funded in large measure by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The overarching goal of the Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems in Tanzania (SUCCESS Tanzania) initiative is to conserve coastal and marine biodiversity while improving the well being of coastal residents through implementation of the Tanzania ICEMS and related ICM policies and strategies. It does this by focusing on three key results:-Policies and Laws that Integrate Conservation and Development Applied-Participatory Landscape Scale Conservation Practiced-Conservation Enterprises Generate Increased and Equitable Benefits from Sustainable UseAn additional result sought in the program is gender equity and HIV/AIDS preventive behaviors promoted throughcommunicating HIV/AIDS, environment, and equity messages. (PDF contains 3 pages)

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Main Authors: Robadue, Donald, Crawford, Brian, Daffa, Jeremiah, Mandari, Appa, Tobey, James, Torell, Elin
Format: conference_item biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:Management, Sociology, Environment, TCS22,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21607
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Summary:The Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership (TCMP) works to implement the National Integrated Coastal Environmental Management Strategy (ICEMS) in Tanzania’s coastal landscapes and seascapes, funded in large measure by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The overarching goal of the Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems in Tanzania (SUCCESS Tanzania) initiative is to conserve coastal and marine biodiversity while improving the well being of coastal residents through implementation of the Tanzania ICEMS and related ICM policies and strategies. It does this by focusing on three key results:-Policies and Laws that Integrate Conservation and Development Applied-Participatory Landscape Scale Conservation Practiced-Conservation Enterprises Generate Increased and Equitable Benefits from Sustainable UseAn additional result sought in the program is gender equity and HIV/AIDS preventive behaviors promoted throughcommunicating HIV/AIDS, environment, and equity messages. (PDF contains 3 pages)