REGREENING BEACH PROGRAM

Introduction Environmental Conservation Community of Tanzania (ECCT) focused on working from grassroot levels in the community to address the issue of environmental pollution as a major global crisis we are facing now and advocating for a solution towards sustainable environmental conservation activities. Since our existence in 2020 we have been the champion for communities and schools capacity building and raising awareness on best practices for solid waste management and curbing ocean plastic pollution. Through community and beach cleanups as core activities we engage local communities and schools on local waste management solutions and climate change adaptation measures that help the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and provide environmental, social and economic benefits to people of Tanzania. ECCT believes in the power of collective action to create lasting change. ECCT works in collaboration with a number of communities and fellow CBOs, NGOs, Government and Private Sectors. It is through community leadership that we can understand local needs and sticking points, draw on local stories, and sustainable objectives in order to build an effective coalition that can work toward Cleaner, greener, healthier environment and thriving communities together. Regreening beach program Action oriented program purposely in addressing the issue of ocean plastic pollution and coastal ecosystem degradation through community capacity building in coastal ecosystem conservation, engaging on nature conservation best practices and restoration activities such as beach cleanups, establishment of nursery trees and planting trees along the coastal of Tanzania Mainland. Regreening beach program goal is to raise community awareness in coastal ecosystem restoration and advocate for nature based solutions in promoting restoration best practices for coastal ecosystem protection against climate change impacts,plastic pollution and loss of biodiversity Program objectives To promote community awareness in coastal ecosystem conservation activities. To remove ocean plastic waste through beach cleanup activities To promote coastal ecosystem rehabilitation activities through planting coastal native species trees and removing alien species. Promoting sustainable harvest for natural resources from coastal ecosystem products (food, medicine and trade) Promote domestication of wild plants used for foods, medicine and trade focusing on the plants native to the coastal area. ( Establishment of nursery trees for coastal ecosystem native species.