Kenya secured over $750.000 new reef investments to cut pollution and back sustainable fisheries. The UN Development Capital Fund (UNCDF), through the Global Reef Fund (GFCR), has signed two financing agreements in Nairobi to expand reef - friendly businesses in the country.
The deals support circular economy solutions and sustainable fishing practices to reduce pressures on marine ecosystems and strengthen coastal livelihoods, a boost for reef health that underpins coastal tourism.
Sanivation, a social enterprise that delivers clear, safe, and efficient sanitation services will receive $540.000 to expand its waste to energy model to Malindi National Park, converting human waste into clean - energy briquettes to lower nutrient and and pathogen loads, reducing untreated waste in marine areas, creating jobs, and improving water quality.
A second investment, up to $250.000, on a performance and impact basis, will help Kumbatia Seafood, world - class seafood that conserves Kenya’s marine ecosystems and uplifts fishing communites, expand from Lamu to Kwale, shifting effort to offshore pelagic species with selective, reef – safe gear, improving sustainable fishing training (reef - safe methods, cold chains, traceability, monitoring of artisanal vessels premium markets), tackling pollution and overfishing to protect reef and boost coastal livelihoods through circular ecoonomy and blue economy growth.
The GFRCR’s Miamba Yetu programme also known as “Our Reefs” in Swahili, a conservation finance initiative, led by the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) , and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) UNEP, mobilise public and private capital for coral protection across 22 countries.
The programme focusing on Kenya and Tanzania to create sustainable locally - led enterprises that protect coral reefs while boosting coastal economies. It uses a blended model with grants and investments to fund projects in ecotourism, sustainable fisheries, and waste management, aiming to make marine conservation economically viable and build community resilience against climate change.
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