Locally Managed Marine Areas
Locally Managed Marine Areas Coastal communities in eastern Africa are increasingly using sustainable approaches to manage marine resources to both improve the ecological status of their local environments and secure livelihoods. CORDIO East Africa has taken a participatory approach in this movement working closely with coastal communities, government and NGOs, to provide technical support in the establishment and development of Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMA) in eastern Africa and the Gulf of Aden In a recent study on LMMAs in Kenya, Kawaka-et-al-2016 we found that LMMAs go through five ...
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