EAME History
The Eastern
Africa Marine Ecoregion (EAME) is an area stretching
from Southern Somalia to the Natal Shores of south
africa.
It is referred
to as an ecoregion because of the way the
marine and coastal habitats are linked both
physically and ecologically.
The
Eastern African Marine Ecoregion (EAME) is one of
the Global 200 Ecoregions where World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF) has selected to implement ecoregion
conservation.
VISION
A health marine
and coastal environment that provides sustainable
benefits for present and future generation of both
local and internationals, who also understand and
actively care for its biodiversity.
COVERAGE
The area extends
over 7,000 km of coastline from the northern tip
of the Horn of Africa to the Cape. It includes countries
of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South
Africa.
PHASES
The EAME vision
is to be achieved in 50 years, but there will be
several shorter time scale milestones within the 50
years.
• Phase 1
is mainly a planning stage involving setting
priorities. This phase started in 2001.
• Phase 2 involves the implementation of
activities that are likely to reduce the
biodiversity and habitat loss.
• Phase 3 is the stage where the ecosystem is
stabilized at acceptable level
•Phase 4 is the stage where the actual
reversals of the degradation are starting to occur
The time frame for phase 1 in Tanzania will be 5
years, with further phases afterwards.
