Kigombe Coastal Resources Management

Sand County Foundation - Tanzania is supporting the formation of a coastal community network, linking fishers with other fishers and coastal managers along Tanzania'a 800 km coastline. The Foundation aims to promote sustainable management practices by exploring current livelihood challenges, as well as the innovations and coping strategies that have been adopted by coastal villagers.

Sand County Foundation's coastal communications network, initiated in October 2010, explores village resilience strategies and co-management uptake, using participatory video. Villagers are trained in the skills of using cameras, tripods, and microphones, planning a storyboard, interviewing, filming, and editing. In this way, they examine the issues and document their own stories.

The village of Kigombe, on the northern coast of Tanzania, produced two films about natural resources management and their achievements in response to the challenges faced. These films will be shared with other villages and coastal stakeholders to promote dialogue and the exchange of ideas. For more information: www.sandcounty.net/international

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• kigombe
• conservation
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• tanzania
• coastal
• sand
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• foundation
• fisheries
• sustainable
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• communications
• network
• resilience
• natural
• resources
• media
• education