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Tiniguena (Esta Terra É Nossa)

HQ 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · 1 project tracked

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TiniguenaETN@tiniguena-etn.org+245 955 489 766

Community-Run Marine Protection in the Bijagós Islands

Oceans & Coasts

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau's oldest conservation NGO helped Bijagós islanders create West Africa's first community-run marine protected area and still co-manages it with them.

54.5khectaresUrok Islands Community MPA area
3,000hectaresMangrove forest protected within the MPA
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