SUCCESS Project Sites
Tanzania
In Tanzania, SUCCESS is improving income earnings through mariculture and promoting improved resource management and conservation through community-based management approaches. In Fumba, Bweleo and Unguja Ukuu villages in Zanzibar, SUCCESS is assisting women shellfish farmers with half-pearl farming, improved production techniques and managing harvests of wild stocks. In Mpafu, Mkuranga and Changwahela in Bagamoyo, milkfish production is underway. In Mlingotini, Changwahela, Pande and Kondo in Bagamoyo, new seaweed farming practices are being developed.
Ecuador
SUCCESS works with communities in the Cojimies Estuary—once rich in mangrove forests since lost to shrimp farming. Unfortunately, the traditional livelihoods here center around products harvested from the estuary (e.g., bivalves and fish), which rely on the mangrove ecosystem. SUCCESS is working to identify alternative livelihoods for these communities, creating a base of scientific information about the estuary, and building the capacity of local community organizations and government to better manage their natural resources.
Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, SUCCESS focuses on working with extremely poor and natural resources-dependent communities surrounding two major estuary systems in Nicaragua—the Estero Real and Padre Ramos—to improve the quality of life (income/livelihoods, food security, health, and education) of those communities and build their capacity to also manage the environment and conserve biodiversity. Because women play a key role in providing for their families, SUCCESS always addresses issues of gender equity.
Thailand Associate award
In Thailand the SUCCESS Associate Award is working with five tsunami-affected villages in Ranong Province to build coastal community resilience with a focus on rebuilding the economic basis of livelihoods rather than on physical reconstruction, and on giving coastal people the skills and resources for self-recovery. Key elements of resilience include building livelihood opportunities that do not degrade the natural environment, protecting ecosystems, reducing vulnerability to natural hazards, and strengthening local governance.