Enhancing resilience of
Tanzanian coastal communities
Follow the process and findings of our
multi-disciplinary research project ECOFISH
ECOFISH - Enhancing resilience of Tanzanian coastal communities:
Towards sustainable fisheries and a healthy marine environment
ECOFISH adresses the multiple environmental challenges in Tanzanian coastal zone with a focus on sustainable fisheries and pollutant effects on biota, foodwebs and seafood under changing climate for the benefit of Tanzanian coastal community resilience and adaptation.
About the project
ECOFISH Research project
The objectives of ECOFISH are:
- to reduce the threats that climate change and pollution pose to marine biodiversity, ecosystem functions and fisheries-related livelihoods
- to enhance the resilience of coastal communities for climate-induced weather changes
- to improve the sustainability and productivity of fisheries
- to strengthen the research capacity, ocean literacy and regional research collaboration within fisheries and marine science
The project is a cooperation between three Tanzanian and
three Danish institutions:
- Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA)
- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)
- University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM - IMS & IRS)
- Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI - NCKF)
- Copenhagen Business School (CBS – MSC)
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua)
