Lead institution:
Sustainable Ocean Alliance Tanzania (SOA Tanzania) – United Republic of Tanzania
The Grass underwater project implements the UN Ocean Decade challenge 2, by adopting seagrass meadows and Mangrove areas in Tanzania for monitoring, restoration and conservation, providing ocean literacy to the local coastal communities and global on roles and conservation actions to be taken to conserve these ecosystems.
Furthermore the project will empower the local coastal community via sustainable blue economy and will promote sustainable utilization of the ocean natural resources.
Start date: 01/01/2020
End date: 31/12/2030
Lead Contact: Ailars David (ailars@soatanzania.or.tz)
challenges: 2- Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity, 4- Sustainable Ocean Economy, 10- Behaviour Change
host_programme: Marine Life 2030
ocean_basins: Indian Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean
type_of_action: Project