At the national level, many government sectoral policy statements such as those of land, fisheries, environment, forestry, tourism and
others recognize the need for an integrated and participatory resource management approach to resolve issues and take advantage
of development opportunities.
2.3 PROMOT IN G LOCAL ICM PROGRAMMES
The N ational ICM Strategy provides a framework for linking local programmes and promoting additional ICM efforts. There are several
locally based ICM programs in Tanzania.These include:Tanga Coastal Z one Conser vation and D evelopment Programme TCZ CD P;
Kinondoni Integrated C oastal Area Management Programme KIC AMP; Mafia Island Marine Park MIMP; Rural Integrated
Programme Support RIPS; Rufiji Environment Management Project REMP; Mnazi Bay and Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park, and Mangrove
Management Project MMP. Currently, the experience and lessons learned from these locally based initiatives are not being effectively
captured and transferred. The framework provided by this Strategy will enable the programmes’ networking to serve implementation of
relevant government policies.
2.4 MEET IN G REGION AL AN D IN T ERN AT ION AL COMMIT MEN T S
Tanzania has been in the forefront within the W estern Indian O cean region in the field of ICM.This is a result of substantial experience in
ICM and a long standing political commitment to make effective ICM a reality.
At the regional and international level,Tanzania actively supports ICM principles and programmes. The government of Tanzania has signed
and ratified international conventions that endorse the importance of IC M. These include the
N airobi Convention on the Protection, M anagement and D evelopment of the M arine and Coastal Environment of
the Eastern African Region
and its
Protocols,
the
Convention on Biological D iversity,
and the
United N ations Framework Convention on Climate Change
. Tanzania also hosted and chaired the first regional inter-
2.0 RATIO N ALE FO R A N ATIO N AL IN TEGRATED CO ASTAL MAN AGEMEN T STRATEGY
N ational Integrated Coastal Environment M anagement Strategy
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