This document is intended to provide general guidelines for national policy-makers, managers and professional involved in the development and implementation of integrated coastal and marine areas management (ICAM) programmes

This documents contains a number of reports that were carried out in consultation with local experts. They describe specific coastal and marine environmental problems of the United Republic of Tanazania such as coral reef destruction, mangroove cutting, fisheries over-exploitation and disturbance of marine reserves.

The purpose of this report is to draw the attention of countries in the region to the problem associated with expected climate change.

This report documents rapid industrialization and urbanization of the states of the region.