Founded in 1951, the Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at an unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. One of our core values is our commitment to diversity.
TNC’s Africa Fisheries Strategy aims to safeguard productive marine and freshwater fisheries for ecosystem health and as important foundations of food and livelihood security. TNC has established partnerships with several non-government and government agencies to support conservation in the North Coast of Kenya under the umbrella of Northern Rangeland Trust (NRT-Coast). Thus, NRT-Coast with support from TNC is designing and implementing conservation and community stewardship actions to conserve Northern Kenya’s coastal and marine habitats, with a special focus on Lamu-Tana Seascape.
The Marine Projects Coordinator supports, develops, coordinates and implements community-based projects aimed at securing community rights to manage fisheries resources, establishing fish reserves or locally managed marine areas, and designing and implementing science-based management and monitoring plans and tools to support conservation and sustainable resource use including community-based marine and fisheries monitoring. S/He contributes local lessons to inform regional and nation-level policy reforms. Additionally, S/He supports piloting of community-based enterprises that incent sustainable fishing practices.
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