Tanzania’s Rufiji Delta hosts East Africa’s largest mangrove forest, spanning over 53,000 hectares. These mangroves are crucial for biodiversity, coastal protection, and climate resilience. Yet, […]

Fisheries is one of Tanzania’s key economic sectors. In 2022, the fishing industry contributed 1.8 per cent to the National GDP and grew by 2.5 […]

Wetlands International, Tanzania, together with the Kibiti District Office and Tanzania Forest Services Agency, were last month honoured to host the Uhuru Torch at one […]

The Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) is an online platform that provides remote sensing data and tools for global monitoring of mangroves, in scientific collaboration with […]

Wetlands International and the National Environment Management Authority are launching the ‘Designing with Nature’ Competition. If you are interested in Nature-Based Solutions, this call is […]

Mangrove restoration is complex and is prone to failure when the necessary conditions are not met. This Practical Guide provides a clear, concise and proven […]

Rufiji Delta in Tanzania hosts the largest single mangrove forest in Eastern Africa. Despite the critical ecosystem goods and services it provides to communities and […]

Located along Kenya’s coast, Lamu hosts 60% of the country’s mangroves. These forests are biologically diverse, habouring intertidal flats and seagrass meadows that are rich […]

Mangroves are among the most productive and valuable ecosystems on earth and have a significant ecological, economic and socio-cultural role in the lives of coastal […]

Globally, mangrove forests have been exploited, degraded and destroyed mainly by human activity like cutting for timber, fuel and charcoal, for land development near the […]