Founded in 1961 WWF is the world’s largest conservation organization with over five million supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries and supporting around 3,000 conservation and environmental projects

The World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an International Non-Governmental Organization that deals with conservation of nature through environmental management and conservation programmes. Its mission is to stop the degradation of Planet’s natural environment and to build the future in which humans live in harmony with nature. WWF Tanzania Country Office (WWF TOO) through Marine Programme is currently implementing a project titled Funded by MACP4 (Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.

The project is operating in 6 districts namely: Kigamboni, Mafia, Kilwa, Kibiti, Mtwara Rural and Mkuranga. The area is endowed with several endemic plants, amphibians and invertebrates are found along these shores. The rare coconut crab is still found on many uninhabited islets in the area, while crocodiles and hippopotamus are abundant in the Rufiji Delta, with a few presents on Mafia Island. There are over 130 coastal bird species, including goliath herons, pink-backed pelicans and nesting crab plovers.