Swahili seas profile ‘Swahili Seas’ is a two year project
bringing together scientists, policy experts, economists and
local people from Kenya and the UK. We are working on new ways
to understand, value and conserve mangrove forests in East
Africa and have three key objectives: - To help the
establishment of a demonstration community mangrove conservation
project – Mikoko Pamoja – at Gazi Bay in southern Kenya. The
ecosystem services (particularly carbon sequestration) generated
by conserving, restoring and replanting mangroves will be used
to generate income from the international market, and the money
raised will benefit the local community. We hope this project
will act as a model for similar efforts throughout the region. -
To understand how we can best record and acknowledge the value
of mangrove goods and services at local, national and
international levels and how best to record and predict the
threats to them and their rates of destruction. This information
will help inform conservation efforts. - To