WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of our planet’s natural environment, and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. vince. implementing the same Project in the , Zambézia Pro - now is WWF The resources. the of overexploitation of reduction and ecosystems the of productivity in increase simultaneous a with tricts, dis- Moma and Angoche the of areas coastal the in living people the of livelihoods the of security the improve to project Livelihood the 2008, the WWF-CARE International Consortium started implementing In International. CARE and WWF the of participation and backing the with area, conservation a declared be to process a in is area the rism, provincial governments and local departments of the Ministry of Tou- respective the through , of Government the of request Upon (Nampula). Angoche and Moma (Zambézia), Pebane of tricts dis- the facing Mozambique, of Coast the to parallel running islands 10 of total a by comprised area an is provinces, Zambézia and pula The Primeiras and Segundas Islands Archipelago, located in the Nam- Background: Islands Archipelago Project Primeiras and Segundas WWF &CAREpartnerships • • • • Objectives local communities. the of interest the serve to actions advocacy support and ning, lear- and programming in institutional the inform based which learning evidences disseminate and develop Systematically, ding associationstoincreasethevalueoftheirproducts. tra- of development the promote and systems market Improve the marineecosystem. of productivity the increase to as management, coastal Improve ecosystems. the of productivity the enhancing or maintaining while pulation po- the by production food of quantity and quality the Improve

What is being done • In place a Joint Community-Navy-Fisheries patrolling scheme in . • 9 family groups living within 30Km radius from the Coast line al- Currently, the three parties involved, together with the ready trained and adopted the conservation farming techniques local community, are already developing a number of in Pebane District. activities for the conservation of the rich biodiversity • At least 300 families adopt at least one of the following crops in this area, including the following activities and res- that will reduce their vulnerability to drought; orange fleshed pective objectives: sweet potato, pigeon pea, groundnut, sesame and cowpea.

• Improve the quality and quantity of food production by the po- Future Activities pulation while maintaining or enhancing the productivity of the • Increase levels of fish productivity within the established sanc- ecosystems in the Districts of Angoche, Moma, and Pebane. The tuaries; data for this objective only refer to the activities in Pebane dis- Reduce illegal activities to less than 10 incidents per year; trict. • Complete the demarcation of re-junivated mangrove sites and Improve coastal management, as to increase the productivity of • • rotational harvesting sites; the marine ecosystem. The information for this objective reflects the activities carried out in the Districts of Angoche, Moma, and • Joint-law enforcement events and commitment from the Gover- Pebane. Facilitate management of mangrove through establish- nment; ment of mangrove harvesting blocks and replantation program- • Increased volume and diversity of crops produced using the te- me, at least one site for each of the three Districts. chniques of conservation agriculture by 20% over three years. • Increased fish productivity through establishment of at least one • To make sure 50% of Conservation agriculture fields (where soil fish sanctuary in each of the three Districts. and water are conserved) established remains in production un- • Improved joint-Law enforcement activities between local com- til the end of the project munities, Navy, Maritime Administration, Ministry of Fisheries and Police • Improve market systems and promote the development of tra- ding associations to increase the value of their products. • Oriented Monitoring System) and other management tools.

Achievements • Two community-managed fish breeding sanctuary created in ; • In process the creation of 6 community-based mangrove mana- gement scheme (rotational harvesting scheme) in Angoche (3) and Moma (3) and one in Pebane; • Already established 9 mangrove replanting sites in the three project implementing Districts. • One tree nursery in place in Angoche in partnership with Ango- che Municipality. • Fishing communities have changed their attitudes towards re- sources conservation through use of the best practices. • WWF has signed MoU with the Governments of Nampula and Zambezia Provinces to jointly implement project activities such as Joint Community-Navy-Fisheries patrolling schemes.

Contactos: Mais contactos: WWF Mozambique Country Office http:// www.wwf.org.mz Rua Macombe Macossa N. 213 (Ex rua Dom Joao IV) -Mozambique Sommerschield, P.O.Box: 4560 Coordenador do projecto Primeiras & Segundas E-mail: [email protected] Tiago Lidimba: • Tel: + 258 21483121 [email protected] • Fax: + 258 21490970 [email protected]