EV2 Inception Workshop Report_CORDIO-IKI-IUCN_11.05.2020_TZA

Achieving fair and effective coastal and marine conservation in
Kenya and the Western Indian Ocean region
Inception Workshop Report
Tuesday 3 rd March 2020
Four Points Sheraton, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Table of Contents
1 Opening presentations .......................................................................................................................... 2
2 Project Overview .................................................................................................................................. 3
3 Panel presentations discussion: Current effective LMMA examples and government support ............... 5
4 Governance and potential tools for LMMAs .......................................................................................... 8
5 Sustainable financing of LMMAs ......................................................................................................... 10
6 Closing remarks .................................................................................................................................... 1
7 Annex ................................................................................................................................................... 2
7.1 Agenda ................................................................................................................................................ 2
7.2 Participants List ................................................................................................................................... 5
The contents are the responsibility of CORDIO East Africa and do not necessarily reflect the
views of BMU-IKI
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1 Opening presentations
Opening introductory remarks: Charles Oluchina (IUCN)
Charles welcomed participants to the official launch of the Locally Empowered Area Protection (LEAP)
project in Tanzania and appreciated participants. He explained that the project builds on the
foundation of past large projects such as the Tanga Coastal Zone Conservation and Development
Programme (TCZCDP). Furthermore, the LEAP project is not an isolated activity, but a continuation of
activities supported by the government of Germany in Kenya and Tanzania that helped pilot Beach
Management Units (BMUs) and is now keen to build success to policy level. He thanked the
government of Germany for the financial support and appreciated the broad spectrum of expertise
available that will be involved in implementing the project. He reiterated that the project was very
significant in setting the blue economy agenda as it would lead to expansion of effective areas under
local area management in the implementing countries.
Opening remarks: Julia Hannig (Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany)
Julia introduced LEAP as one of the projects funded by the International
Climate Initiative (IKI) which was founded in 2008. She said that to date IKI
had funded 7 projects in Africa and that LEAP would not only champion the
conservation agenda and support local approach to marine conservation,
but also enhance resource distribution and maintenance, and sustainability
of livelihoods
Regional Remarks: Arthur Tuda (Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association - WIOMSA)
This was his first engagement since he became the new executive
secretary of WIOMSA. Dr Arthur Tuda emphasized that the
regional outlook showed progress in engaging people in
conservation and management of marine and coastal resources.
According to him, the Western Indian Ocean is endowed with
resources and he believes that WIOMSA is a key partner for
communities and NGOs working to improve conservation. He
recognised that LMMAs play an important role in helping
countries meet the 10% CBD targets. He linked the key components of the LEAP project to major
challenges that needed interventions. On behalf of WIOMSA, he was glad to be associated with a
project that would bring the change needed among local communities.
Opening remarks and official launch of the project: Dr. Amon Shoko (Tanzania Fisheries Research
Institute - TAFIRI)
Dr. Amon Shoko launched the LEAP project on behalf of the
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries. He stated
that the project was timely in 2020, a critical year for the
biodiversity agenda, as countries prepare to reflect on the past
decade and the progress made towards biodiversity conservation.
He reminisced on the Sustainable Blue Economy conference held
in the region in 2018; Tanzania had shown great leadership to make
a sustainable blue economy a reality. He pledged support for the
project saying that it would support Tanzania to reach the Paris Agreement, the SDG targets as well
as the future CBD targets.
He went on to say that such sustainability would only be achieved by integrating inclusivity and
biodiversity conservation principles.
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2 Project Overview
LEAP Project overview: Thomas Sberna (IUCN)
The LEAP project focuses on increasing the resilience of coastal and marine ecosystems in the region.
With strong visual images, Thomas illustrated the impacts of climate change. He stated that this
decade was going to be crucial, so we need to take action now. We are the only and last generation
that can do something, so we need to seize this opportunity to bring change.
Oceans have lost up to 30% coral reefs in the world. Overfishing but with huge waste occurs and only
one third of the catch from the ocean make it to our plates. Marine waste is a major issue - dumping
of up to 8 million tons of plastic in the ocean takes place yearly. Acidification of oceans is increasing.
Ocean acidification dissolves shells, skeletons and coral which are at the base of the food chain. If they
disappear the food chain collapses, including human/people that are relying on those resources.
The ocean economy is approximately 2.5% of the global economy. To ensure a blue future, there is
need to secure the integrity of critical ecosystems; increase ocean leadership to benefit local people;
establish partnerships in order to raise science for management, sustainable finances, and share
lessons learned at national and international level.
He explained that LEAP is about securing seascapes so that people can benefit from them. The 4-year
project which started in 2019 covering Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Seychelles, aims to:
improve governance to ensure equitability; ensure effective management and conservation impacts;
enhance knowledge and increase advocacy. LMMAs are part of the solution for the future in meeting
the CBD targets and to make the blue economy thrive once the blue natural capital is conserved.
LMMAs working for conservation: Melita Samoilys (CORDIO)
Melita presented a snapshot on how LMMAs have supported marine
conservation in the WIO, emphasizing the importance of science,
particularly around ecological assessment and ongoing monitoring,
and being mindlful of shifting baselines. She also clarified the different
terminologies around LMMAs.
In Tanzania these were similar to Collaborative Fisheries Management
Areas (CFMAs) that have established gear restricted zones, temporary
closures and/or no take zones. Also, LMMAs can be areas managed
under community forests associations.
She emphasised that LMMAs are important in improving the marine resource base for fisheries
dependent livelihoods; play an important role in climate change mitigation through maintaining
healthy and resilient ecosystems; contribute to reporting to the CBD and are an important policy
instrument. The effectiveness of LMMAs is hampered by poor compliance, inadequate enforcement
of regulations, inadequate ongoing capacity building, lack of long-term financial sustainability and
weak governance.
The LEAP project sought to strengthen existing efforts in LMMAs through identifying, piloting, and
promoting best practices in sustainable financing; providing a platform for dialogue & networking of
peers and best practice solutions; reviewing national policy and regulatory frameworks, and providing
a forum for participatory policy dialogues.
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Marine Conservation Areas in Tanzania: Ms Magreth Mchome (Marine Parks & Reserves Unit –
(MPRU)
Magreth highlighted the regulations around government Marine
Parks of which there are three in Tanzania, explaining their multiple
use structure comprising a core zone (no-take zone), general use zone
and specified use zone. There are also 15 Marine Reserves which are
fully protected. They are located around Dar-es-Salaam and Tanga.
The key areas of work for MPRU is to promote sustainable use of
resources, encourage stakeholders’ engagement in resource
management; lead community education; conduct research and
monitoring and improve regulatory and institutional framework.
However, marine conservation efforts experience challenges such as
overfishing and illegal activities in the conservation areas; poor
accessibility and infrastructure; pollution and impacts of
development around the Reserve areas, and illegal mangrove harvesting. She emphasised that it was
important to empower the community through capacity building; promote alternative livelihoods
activities to reduce pressure on marine resources; monitor resources; promote sustainable tourism;
and improve enforcement in the protected areas.
Question and Answer Session: Joan Momanyi (CORDIO)
Question: Clarification of terminologies?
Participants were concerned about the terminologies such as LMMAs and CFMAs. These were
understood to have similar meanings. It was emphasized that any marine conservation initiative led
and managed by local communities was a LMMA, it is a generic term recognised globally, and is what
the LEAP project would be working on. The initiatives were not limited to fisheries or to coral reefs
but could also include mangroves and seagrass ecosystems.
Question: How do we appreciate existing LMMA practices?
CFMAs and other similar programmes with impressive activities going on in mainland Tanzania and
Zanzibar were seen to offer opportunity for sharing experiences across communities. LMMAs had
proliferated, but their effectiveness was questionable. The IUCN Green List could be used to monitor
effectiveness, whilst ensuring that proper systems are in place to streamline existing LMMAs.
Question: What is the scope of LEAP?
The LEAP project would build on past similar projects and replicate or add value to already existing
ones. It would be implemented in both mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
Question: Separation of Tanzania and Zanzibar?
Tanzania and Zanzibar should not be treated as separate countries as they are one country.
Question: How do you balance between artisanal and external fishers
Fishers around Reserves have to obtain a permit. Any operations had to be approved by MPRU.
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3 Panel presentations discussion: Current effective LMMA examples
and government support
The Tanga Coastal Zone Conservation & Development Project, successes, lessons learnt
Hassan Kalombo (Regional Fisheries Officer)
Mr Hassan gave an overview of the experience of the TCZCDP which was
implemented in 3 phases: Listening; Piloting; and Demonstration.
Listening to what people were saying about resource management;
Piloting areas to trial the project, and Demonstration which involved
expanding to another area. TCZCDP had made major achievements such
as development of management plans; introduction of alternative
livelihoods; reduction of destructive fishing methods such as blasting;
and financed activities at district level. Resumption of dynamite and use
of purse seines in shallow waters had been a major challenge for the
programme.
In implementing the programme, several lessons were learnt. These
include:
• Implementing a decentralization programme takes time.
• The importance of involving women to ensure success.
• Reliance on available statistics may not be useful as some may be outdated or wrong.
• Participatory resource monitoring ensures sustainability by reducing the cost of monitoring
and enabling communities to experience direct impacts of interventions.
• Projects should not be terminated abruptly.
Case Study: Kukuu SFC: Kassim Mohammed (Kukuu Shehia Fisheries Council (SFC))
The Kukuu Shehia Fisheries Council in Pemba was established in 2016
with the main goal of marine conservation. Kassim elaborated the
steps the SFC had taken towards marine resource management. They
identified resources and agreed to set up small conservation areas.
They established by-laws and formulated management plans. They
divided their conservation areas into five sections: Protected area
divided into a permanently protected fish breeding area and a
temporary closure; an area for seaweed farming; shores and sand bars;
a mangrove conservation area; and an open access area.
He added that the committee kept records of all the activities carried
out including patrols, earnings and meetings. Benefits realized were
divided into community benefits and committee operations on 50-50
basis. The SFC has succeeded in carrying out awareness for the larger community, and act as a learning
site (Shamba darasa) for others; they limit fishing of immature fish (e.g. octopus

Case Study: Songosongo BMU: Saidi Haji (Songosongo BMU)
Saidi shared the experience of the BMU in fisheries management.
Songosongo is considered an island rich in fisheries. The village has
6009 people. The BMU has a temporary closure which has been opened
4 times for fishing and octopus and between 9 – 37 tonnes have been
captured to date. For this reason, the community has progressively
accepted that temporary closures are beneficial.
He reported that their efforts are faced by the challenge of suitable
boats for patrol, especially as they plan to close more coral reef areas.
They have realized the need to learn value addition in octopus’
production. This would improve the price of their products. He invited the LEAP team to Songosongo
for the next opening of the octopus’ closure.
How is science informing community approaches on the ground? Dr Daudi Msangameno (IMS)
Dr Daudi explained that community led interventions are complex social
processes that need to move beyond single interventions and outcomes.
The employment of locally relevant approaches to address conservation
challenges require a well-informed decision-making process. There is need
for a framework that will allow for effective use of science to inform policy.
He explained that science can inform community-based approaches by
providing accurate and replicable site-specific scientific data sets, that will
help in understanding key ecological pattern and processes and help in
choosing the best approaches to manage resources. Daudi believes that
science could facilitate the understanding of human dimension of the marine and coastal socioecological
systems and communicate this for decision making.
Status of CBNRM in Tanzania: Modesta Medard (WWF)
Modesta provided an informative and detailed history of
CBNRM experiences in Tanzania. Prioir to the 1990s, traditional
governance systems worked through chiefs and sub-chiefs and
the colonial government. After independence in the early
1990s, there were projects in the Forestry sector through
Participatory Forest Management, the Water sector - Water
User Associations, the Wildlife sector - Wildlife Management
Areas (WMAs), the Fisheries sector - Beach Management Units
(BMUs) and the Land sector - Village Land Use Planning
Committees (VLUPCs).
She stated that CBNRM work in Tanzania has focussed the people, connecting nature and people,
indigenous knowledge and practise and respecting social values. In addition, management has been
facilitated through institutional setting, controlling access to resources, and managing resource use
through setting rules, regulations, zones, quotas, and through value addition.
She elaborated that WWF works with BMUs in the following areas: (i)Protecting habitats and species
in parks and outside parks (ii) Fisheries management (iii) Awareness raising (iv) Monitoring Control &
Surveillance (MCS) (v) Strengthening livelihoods and enterprises and improving food security (vi)
Monitoring for data management and decision making (vii) Octopus closures in CFMAs/LMMAs (viii)
Beach cleaning, and (ix) Catch assessment surveys and frame surveys. Awareness is carried out
through avenues such as films; primary schools; school field trips; training religious leaders; a girl’s
scholarship programme; and exchange visits.
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Furthermore, CBNRM has experienced negative perceptions of collaborative fisheries management in
connection to marine park establishment. The concept of fisheries co-management has not yet been
internalized by some district councillors and Fisheries Department personnel. Additionally, sources of
revenue that are already limited for most BMUs and BMU leaders have been found to be misused.
Other challenges are use of seine net (mitando) and beach seines which destabilize support for CFMAs
and the increasing number of migrant fishers.
Facilitated Question and Answer Panel discussion: Melita Samoilys (CORDIO)
Question: How are women engaged and how do they
participate? How can we ensure that LEAP will build
capacity for women’s involvement?
The culture context of the TCDCDP project was coastal
and therefore women were initially not allowed to
attend meetings. TCZCDP, channelled this issue through
the village government to get women invited. Meetings
were held when women were free of household
responsibilities. They were also trained in collecting
data and submitting to the fisheries officers. They were
found to be more committed and collected better data than the men.
Question: How has TCZCDP survived after the donor funded project? What progress has it made to
date?
Work has continued with the Village Liaison Committee (VLCs) and BMUs in monitoring and getting
simplified information to decision makers. Sustainability could only have been achieved if the system
in place involved working with the community.
Question: Songosongo BMU claimed to get a lot of income from octopus’ closures yet they still need
more support from external sources, how much was being taken back into conservation or for
management of the BMU, to ensure sustainability of the initiative? How do they deal with poachers
in the closure?
A small percentage of money was for fuel needs during patrols. The bulk of the money was for the
community members who harvest and sell octopus. There was no specific answer on how they dealt
with poachers. The Tuna Alliance responded that it is easier to manage the BMU and octopus closures
through Tuna Alliance, as they had good skills in financial resource management. The Tuna Fisheries
National Alliance has some BMUs that operate under them.
Question: How do you translate scientific findings to the decision makers and politicians?
Use of traditional means such as seminars and workshops were not working in conveying messages to
politicians and decision makers. Judiciary was another group that was left out on communications.
The Nairobi Convention is pushing for a regional initiative to facilitate policy and dialogue. According
to MPRU representative, they have systems working with communities and use simple methods to
get information to policy makers.
There is a lot of concern that research outputs do not reach decision makers. This information needs
to be packaged in such a way that it can be utilized by policy makers. Scientists should involve policy
makers, governments and communities at the inception and during implementation of projects. If not
done it would be difficult to implement recommendations at the end of the project.
An opinion was also expressed that scientists cannot communicate effectively with policy makers. The
channel of communication is more efficient if done by the communities concerned, after having
worked with scientists, and having understood the purpose of research and how it application.
Communities can be well represented by the House of Representatives. Communication could be
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made easier by use of videos and taking politicians on the ground. The missing link between science
and policy is action on the ground. Action talk by community to policy makers, as opposed to just data
and graphs can go a long way. The communities should also take advantage of budget sessions to
present their needs.
For sustainability when a project is over, the government can continue supporting the community. It
is therefore important to involve the government in planning, implementation and during phase out
stage, as a part of a project’s exit strategy.
Question: Is there any ongoing socio-ecological anthropology?
There was no specific answer to the presence of ongoing anthropological research in the coastal
environment. This was seen as important to interpret the many years of ecological research that has
taken place in the country.
4 Governance and potential tools for LMMAs
Overview of the IUCN’s Green List (GL), Governance assessment report in Kenya and relevant tools
for LMMAs: Thomas Sberna (IUCN)
The Green List was developed by IUCN. It is an international standard that can be used as a tool by
countries to demonstrate that they are achieving the CBD targets. Thomas explained that it focuses
on protected and conserved areas (PA & CA) and its primary goal is conservation, and Other
Effective Area-Based Conservation Measure (OECM) which can achieve conservation outcomes even
if they that is not their primary goal. It explores PAs and CAs that are fairly governed, effectively
managed and achieving their conservation outcomes. He pointed out that the Green list manual is
available online and is based on best practice guidelines.
Question and Answer: Thomas Sberna (IUCN)
Is there an overlap of Green List with the Blue Parks global system?
The Green List is a universal standard for all ecosystems. In relation to the Blue Parks it is not one
against the other, but one feeds into another. It is not a certification method but is a process, whereas
Blue Parks bring together the ocean's best protected places and the people who care about them
The process seems tedious and may not be easily assimilated by the local communities.
There is a simpler version (SAGE) that can be used. Green List mentors are also available to provide
the guidance needed. WIOMSA views the Green List process as a way of helping PA and CA get listed
but also tracking their progress in effective governance and management. It should take a more
regional approach and not just LMMAs. However, it will be challenging because it has no financial
support but it is a self-initiative and a voluntary process. It is important that LMMA areas have staff
trained as mentors so that the process is manageable at their level.
Mwambao expressed their interest to pursue the Green List assessment in areas that they were
working in; however, it should be simplified for locals to understand, judge the process, before
deciding to implement it. IUCN stated that the Green List is strongly supportive for LMMAs because
there are no LMMAs that have been Green Listed.
WWF TZ was concerned that there are many uncoordinated efforts that should be streamlined to
prevent replication. The facilitator summarized noting that the main drivers of what goes in a country
is the government. LEAP would work within existing frameworks and was open for guidance by the
implementing authorities in the country.
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Breakout sessions with exercises
The objective of the working group breakout sessions was to understand the concept of governance
and the principles that it encompasses by manipulating those principles and applying them to a
hypothetical LMMA. Given the limited time, the working group session focused on the following
governance principle: “legitimacy and voice”.
The participants were split into two groups (Mainland and Zanzibar) and tasked to answer the
following questions:
• What would be the objective of an LMMA area to contribute to the blue economy?
• Which stakeholders should be involved in a LMMAs?
• What should be their roles and responsibilities? (to make the LMMA operational)
Group 1. Mainland:
Facilitated by Thomas Sberna and Joan Kawaka
The LMMA was seen as a platform for advocacy and community
involvement is paramount. The main objective is to empower local
communities, improve on advocacy, strengthen management
through enactment of by-laws and to be part of community
development. The group did not identify stakeholders as instructed
due to a general agreement that on the importance of the project
to identify its jurisdiction before identifying the stakeholders. The
ocean is a shared resource and has multiple users, with some
overlapping resources and ecosystems. There are numerous stakeholders involved in the process but
the most important levels contributing to the GL work is at the village, ward and community district
levels. The LEAP project should appreciate the existing systems in place such as CFMAs.
Issues to be considered when working with LMMAs on the GL include;
• Marine areas with multiple uses and different governing bodies.
• Multiple stakeholders that must be recognised.
• Recognition of jurisdiction.
• Consideration of existing and working systems i.e. CFMAs under village government.
• Tanzania Rural Producers Forum (dealing with food production) is a terrestrial example that
that LMMAs can learn from. Such a forum would work at the best interests of the community.
• There is lack of clarity on management of mangrove vs. fisheries resources owing to multiple
government departments with mandate over the same zones hence the issue of power
struggles among the leadership.
Group 2: Zanzibar:
Facilitated by Joan Momanyi, Peter Musembi and Melita Samoilys
The group found this exercise interesting and challenging as
it led to the reflection by all stakeholders on their roles in
LMMAs. A wide range of stakeholders were listed with the
greatest number being resource users. The group noted that
there was need to broaden the scope of thinking among
stakeholders. Most roles also overlapped between several
stakeholders and it was recognised that it is currently a
challenge to involve all the relevant parties during
consultations.
Roles:
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Fourteen role categories were identified by the group. These are:
Education/awareness, safety, research, regulatory body, monitoring & evaluation, supporting
materials; capacity development and marketing, manufacturing, funding, coordination, capital
investment, resource users, training, and advocacy
5 Sustainable financing of LMMAs
Mwambao's approach to LMMAs - Financial benefits: Lorna Slade
Lorna explained that Mwambao, in Zanzibar, base their work on the Ostrom principles for effective
common pool resource management. An LMMA can incorporate multiple users. It can refer to an
entire area in which an institution can take ‘local responsibility’; A ‘Tengefu’ can be defined in different
ways such as closed areas whether permanent or temporary; areas where fishing gear is restricted;
areas designed for a special use e.g. tourism, seaweed farming, sea cucumber farming etc.
She elaborated that good governance is critical for self-financing. Temporary closures for octopus and
fish present a valuable opportunity for biodiversity and fisheries recovery and improved livelihoods
but was also a means of self-finance for both management and development initiatives. Temporary
closures are an entry point to effective co-management through building experience and confidence.
It was noted that poor governance would undermine any biodiversity and livelihood gains. She
highlighted that Mwambao works closely with the Department of Fisheries in both Zanzibar and
mainland as well as the SWIOfish project to promote good governance and management at the local
level.
She explained the Mfuko wa Kutunza Bahari MKUBA (Fund to Care for the Sea) which is a financial
incentive supported by FFI and facilitated by Green Finance Systems. Its objective is to incentivise the
community to manage marine resources and enhance adaptation to climate change. It is a
performance-based grant - a revolving loan fund with environmental actions included in the loan
terms. The community has been involved in environmental activities such as planting of 15,000
mangrove propagules during communal planting days. They have also increased the number of hours
of patrols. Money laundering and leadership are challenges that they face.
Kilwa on collecting revenues: Ahmadi Mkali – Kilwa District Fisheries Officer
Ahmadi explained that Kilwa has 19 BMUs. The BMUs have created
3 Collaborative Fisheries Management Areas, and by-laws for each
BMU.
The BMUs raise funds through fish auctions, a proportion (2%) of
sales per boat, from foreign fishers, licenses and fines, and a
proportion of octopus sales during opening of octopus closures.
He pointed out that the challenges experienced during the
collection of revenue include: mismanagement of funds,
leadership wrangles, perhaps due to placing most efforts on
income raising rather than managing the resource, or improving skills in managing finances. The
District Fisheries Office has plans to train the BMUs in financial management.
Making the blue economy work for local communities: Jaala Simba Khamis, Department of
Environment, Zanzibar
Zanzibar being an island jurisdiction, Jaala demonstrated its great potential for blue economy
development. He outlined the following areas as a part of development:
Fisheries: Fisheries sector in Zanzibar is contributing 5.2% to the national GDP. The annual fish catch
from artisanal fisheries is 39,900 tons. More needs to be done to explore fisheries resources
opportunities economically and sustainably.
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Seaweed farming: The annual seaweed production reached 16,000 tons and employs 23,654 farmers
most of them (90%) being women. Despite challenges in price fluctuation, it remains an important
sector in marine resources development.
Coastal Tourism: Tourism interventions in coastal and marine environment is tremendous and
contributes 28% to the GDP of Zanzibar. Most tourists are attracted by dolphin watching, diving and
snorkelling in coral reef areas.
Mariculture: It is a growing industry in Zanzibar. About 144 groups in Zanzibar are engaged in fish
farming, sea cucumber farming, bivalve and crab farming. The Government under FAO support has
developed a mariculture research and production centre in Zanzibar.
Beekeeping: It is widely conducted by local communities in mangroves areas of Unguja and Pemba.
Mangrove honey fetches good market in middle East due to its medical value. The production capacity
has reached 13.5 tonnes per year. A major challenge is increasing exploitation of mangroves for
firewood, charcoal and building poles.
6 Closing remarks
Mussa Jumbe on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources
Livestock and Fisheries expressed his appreciation to all who attended the meeting. He emphasized
that the they were looking forward to engaging more to ensure successful implementation of the
project.
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7 Annex
7.1 Agenda
Achieving fair and effective coastal and marine conservation in
Tanzania and the Western Indian Ocean region:
Four Point by Sheraton,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tuesday 3 rd March 2020
Background and Objectives
The LEAP Workshop is an official national inception and orientation event for the BMU
IKI funded four-year project called Locally Empowered Area of Protection (LEAP).
Participants have been invited who represent Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs)
and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) practitioners, from a diversity of institutions, including
policy makers, scientists, technical and financial partners. The programme will showcase a
breadth of examples of protected and conserved areas including existing LMMAs and
government supported MPAs approaches in Tanzania.
We greatly value your active participation and contribution as we will use this
opportunity to encourage sharing of approaches, lessons learnt and challenges to support
the implementation of future long-term sustainable strategies to support LMMAs. We
will also ask you to help us develop recommendations for effective governance of
LMMAs in Tanzania
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AGENDA
9h00 - 09h30
Opening Presentations
Facilitator: Doyi Mazenzele - IUCN
9h00 - 9h05 Opening Introductory remarks (5 min) Charles Oluchina - IUCN
9h05 - 9h10 Opening remarks (5 min) German Embassy
9h10 - 9h20
9h20 - 9h30
Regional Remarks
(10 Min)
Opening remarks and official launch of the
project (10 Min)
Arthur Tuda- WIOMSA
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries
9h30 - 10h30
Project overview
Facilitator: Joan Momanyi - CORDIO
9h30 – 9h40 LEAP Project Overview (10 min) Thomas Sberna - IUCN
9h40- 9h50 LMMAs working for conservation (10
min)
9h50- 10h00 Short film: “LMMAs in Africa”
(CORDIO/IUCN)
Melita Samoilys- CORDIO
Joan Kawaka - CORDIO
10h00- 10h10 Marine Conservation Areas in Tanzania (10 min) John Komakoma -
Marine Conservation Unit
10h10 – 10h30 Q&A (20 min) Joan Momanyi- CORDIO
10h30 – 11h
11h - 12h30
11h00 – 11h10
Coffee break
Panel presentations discussion: Current LMMA examples and government support
Facilitator: Melita Samoilys – CORDIO
The Tanga Coastal Zone Conservation &
Development Project, Successes, lessons learnt.
(10 min)
Hassan Kalombo - Regional Fisheries
Officer
11h12 – 11h22 Case Study: Kukuu SFC (10 min) Kassim Mohd - Kukuu SFC
11h24 – 11h34 Case Study: Songosongo BMU (10 min) Saidi Haji– Songosongo BMU
11h36– 11h46 Science informing community approaches on the
ground (10 min)
Dr Daudi Msangameno – IMS
11h48 – 11h58 Status of CBNRM in Tanzania (10 min) Modesta Medard – WWF
12h00 – 12h50 Facilitated Q&A, Panel discussion (50 min) Melita Samoilys– CORDIO
12h50 – 13h45
Lunch
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13h50 - 16h30
13h50 – 14h00
Governance and potential tools for LMMAs
Facilitator: Thomas Sberna – IUCN
PANORAMA and how it can showcase
Marie Fischborn – IUCN
LMMAs (10 min)
14h00-14h20
Overview of the IUCN’s Green List,
Governance assessment report in Tanzania
and relevant tools for LMMAs (20 min)
Thomas Sberna - IUCN
14h20 – 14h30 Q&A (10 min) Thomas Sberna – IUCN
14h30 – 15h50 Breakout sessions with exercises (1h30min) Group 1: Thomas Sberna – IUCN
Group 2: Joan Momanyi – CORDIO
Co-facilitator: Peter Musembi-
CORDIO
15h50 – 16h10
Coffee break
16h10 – 16h30 Report back to plenary (20min) All
16h30 – 17h00
16h30 – 16h40 Mwambao's approach to LMMAs -
Financial benefits (10 min)
Sustainable financing of LMMAs
Facilitator: Melita Samoilys – CORDIO
Mwambao's approach to LMMAs -
Financial benefits
16h40 – 16h50
District Fisheries office from Kilwa on
collecting revenues (10 min)
Ahmadi Mkali – Kilwa District Fisheries
Officer
16h50 – 17h00
Making the blue economy work for local
communities (10min)
Department of Environment
17h00 – 17h10 Q&A (10 min) Melita Samoilys – CORDIO
17h10 Closing remarks Permanent Secretary
17h15
Reception
Ministry of Agriculture Natural
Resources Livestock and Fisheries
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7.2 Participants List
33 participants attended the workshop reporesenting project partners, government departments,
national and international NGO’s and local NGO’s.
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