Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Tanzania

Project Title 

Implementation of concrete adaptation measures to reduce vulnerability of livelihoods and economy of coastal communities of Tanzania

Project factsheet

Key Figures

  • Budget: USD 4.6 million
  • Executing Entity: Vice President’s Office, in partnership with UNOPS
  • Area rehabilitated: 40 ha mangroves in Dar-es-Salaam; 2,000m of coral reefs; 1,335 of seawall rehabilitated along Ocean Road and Kigamboni; 30,000m2 of shoreline stabilized using vegetation
  • Beneficiaries: 430,000 (directly) and 500,000 (indirectly)
  • Fund: Adaptation Fund
  • Timeframe: 2012-2019

Description

The project protects the coast of Dar Es Salaam from coastal flooding and erosion due to increased tidal activity and storm surge rise from climate change. It does this by building and rehabilitating sea walls and planting mangroves and other vegetation to protect important assets along the coastline such as roads, buildings, ports and markets. The project is rehabilitating storm drains to prevent flooding and providing energy efficient cookstoves to prevent deforestation. 

This project is designed and implemented together with the sister project “Developing core capacity to address adaptation to climate change in productive coastal zones” financed by the Global Environment Facility. The investments in this project focus on Dar Es Salaam, while the GEF project has sites in other coastal regions including Rufiji, Pangani, Bagamoyo, and Zanzibar.

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