MASMA Phase III

Total Projects

33

Total Fund Distributed

$ 3,900,000

Project Title

Project Budget

Country Covered

Project Duration

Study Sites

Link

Analysis of Benefits from Coastal Resources and Mechanisms for Equitable Benefit Sharing in Selected WIO Countries

$ 150,000

Mozambique and South Africa

2008-2011

South Africa: Sokhulu and Mbonambi ( KwaZulu-Natal Province), Mankosi (Eastern Cape Province) and Mozambique: Gala(Maputo Province), Conguiana, and Josina Machel(in Inhambane Province)

Migrant fishers and fishing in the Western Indian Ocean: Socio-economic dynamics and implications for management

$ 150,000

Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Comoros and Madagascar

2008-2010


Global Markets and the Livelihoods of Coastal Communities in the WIO Countries: Implications for Sustainable Coastal Management

$ 150,000

Kenya and Tanzania

2008-2011


Is there a Western Indian Ocean “Coral Triangle?

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Comoros

2008-2010


Small-scale community-based, grow-out aquacultures of mud crabs Scylla serrata as a sustainable livelihood in East

$ 150,000

Kenya and Tanzania

2008-2010


Incorporating reef fish spawning aggregations into optimal designs for no-take fishery reserves

$ 150,000

Seychelles, Kenya and Tanzania

2008-2010


A molecular consideration of Western Indian Ocean marine fish connectivity and differentiation at multiple spatial and temporal scales and its implications for conservation and resource management

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros, Reunion, Maldives

2008-2010


The spatial behaviour of artisanal fishers. Implications for fisheries management and development

$ 150,000 

Kenya

2009-2010


An economic valuation of coastal and marine ecosystem services in the WIO to identify specific beneficiaries, and the role of marine protected areas in ensuring that these services are sustained

$ 150,000 

Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar

2009-2011


Distribution of pathogenic Vibrio cholerae strains in aquatic environments in coastal areas of East Africa: Implication to cholera outbreaks and control

$ 150,000

Kenya and Tanzania

2009-2011


The marine ornamental and curio trades in the Western Indian Ocean – benefit or threat?

$ 150,000

Kenya and Tanzania

2009-2011


Influence of Mesoscale Dynamics on Biological Productivity at Multiple Trophic Levels in the Mozambique Channel (MESOBIO)

$ 150,000

Mozambique and Madagascar

2009 – 2011


Preparing for climate change by identifying effective coral reef fisheries and protected area management options in the Western Indian Ocean

$ 150,000

Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.

2010-2012

Small-Scale versus Large Scale Coral Genetic Connectivity within Southeast African Marginal Reefs

$ 150,000

South Africa

2010-2011

Coral Reefs and Global Change – A historical perspective spanning the Western Indian Ocean

$ 150,000.00

South Africa, The Nedherlands, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Australia and Germany

2010-2012

Modelling the effects of climate change on the distribution of shared fishery species in the subtropical Western Indian Ocean

$ 150,000

South Africa and Mozambique

2010-2012

The Future of Coral Reefs in the WIO region: Influence of climate change on the sexual reproduction and recruitment of reef-building corals

$ 150,000

France and South Africa

2010-2012

Effects of global warming on coral disease outbreaks in the Western Indian Ocean

$ 150,000

Reunion Island and South Africa

2010-2012

Adapting to climate variability: Coping with short term climate variability through seasonal prediction and building social resilience

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Australia

2010-2012

Kenya, Tanzania

Resilience and adaptation of mangroves and dependent communities in the WIO region to the impacts of climate change

$ 150,000

Kenya and Mozambique

2010-2012

Kenya and Mozambique

The feasibility of mangrove REDD projects in the Western Indian Ocean: Linking mangrove conservation and climate change adaptation to the global carbon markets

$ 150,000

Kenya and Madagascar

2010-2012

Understanding and predicting responses of mangrove trees and formations to climate change in the Western Indian Ocean

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa

2010-2012

Preparing for Climate Change through the Assessment of Biodiversity and Management Preferences across a Scale of Environmental Variation in the Western Indian Ocean

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar

2007-2010

Larval Settlement Rates and Reef Fish Recruitment Dynamics in Coastal Kenya: Implications for Fisheries Management and Conservation in Eastern Africa

$ 150,000

Kenya

2007-2009

Genetic Connectivity and its Implications for the Design and Management of Marine Protected Areas in the East African Ecoregion

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius and Seychelles

2007-2009

Sea cucumbers, a poorly understood but important resource: national and regional analyses to improve management

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania, Reunion, and Madagascar

2005-2008

Seagrass and Sea Urchin Interactions Overgrazing and Resource Use in the WIO Region

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique

2007-2010

The effectiveness of community-based organizations in managing coastal resources in the Western Indian Ocean

$ 150,000

Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar

2007-2010

The relationship between community-based organizations and effective management of coastal and marine resources in the WIO region

$ 150,000

Kenya and Tanzania

2007-2009

The Preparedness of Coastal Government and Governance for Climate Change

$ 150,000

Mozambique and South Africa

2010-2012