AFO https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home AFO scales its interventions to Mafia and Tanga Seacapes How the Women in the Global South have become driving forces in the Sustainable Blue Economy We are Breaking the Vicious Circle! (AFO’s Blueprint) Marine Conservation and Community Livelihoods: Supporting the UN Ocean Decade 2030 Agenda Why We Rebranded: The Story Behind Action For Ocean Partnership Secured for Coastal Community Project in Southern Tanzania by AFO under OCEAN Grants CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR OWN NANCY IRABA: 2024 National Geographic Wayfinder Award Recipient! NEWF 2025 Lit the Fire-Now the Story is Ours to Carry USAID Heshimu Bahari Project x AFO: Pioneering Marine Conservation Success in Tanzania AFO’s 2024 Expansion in Review: Yearly Growth and Impact Empowering Coastal Communities: A Q1 2025 Milestones for the Africa Fair Seaweed Finance Facility (AFSFF) Aqua-Farms Organization the announced blue carbon accelerator Africa Celebrates World Ocean’s Day in style! AFO at 2024 New York Climate Week: Advancing the future of Marine Conservation and Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods in context of the Global South AFO Expands Global Impact Through Strategic Partnerships HISTORICAL CHRONICLES OF THE TANZANIA DIVELAB 2024 REVOLUTIONIZING SEAWEED FARMING THROUGH MICROCREDIT AND SAVINGS SCHEMES The Africa Fair Seaweed Finance Facility (AFSFF): Empowering Coastal Communities through Sustainable Seaweed Farming Project Extension to Mnazi Bay(MBREMP) in Mtwara (MBREMP); ‘Establishing a Voluntary Carbon Credit Market to Restore Mangroves and Support Vulnerable Coastal Communities’  AFO at WIOMSA 2025: Where Community Leadership Met Regional Science and Shifted the Conversation Interview with A Mariculture Guru In Tanzania: Is Ocean farming feasible? Artisanal Fisheries Mapping for Better Marine Management in the Southern Coast of Tanzania Mainland Goshen College students joining forces in reviving the Mangrove ecosystem of Kunduchi Enhancing local stakeholders engagement for conservation of coral reef ecosystem within Pepokibukwa Collaborative Fisheries Management Area (CFMA), Tanzania Our January-March journey on the Mangrove Blue Carbon Project CHRONICLES OF THE MALIASILI COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOP JUNE 2024 Empowering Change: Introducing The Africa Fair Seaweed Finance Facility How AFO’s PADI Certification Is Making Ocean Access Local in Tanzania WOMEN WATER WATCH: Citizen science for co-creation of water knowledge AFSFF is unlocking Coastal Livelihoods Through VSLAs, Climate Resilience, and Sustainable Finance EMBRACING CARBON ONSETTING: A VALUABLE INSIGHT FROM PROF. JERRELL RICHER – GOSHEN COLLEGE A New Dawn at Buyuni: Women Fisher Festival 2022, a HUGE SUCCESS!! OUR INSIGHTS FROM WILDSCREEN FESTIVAL TANZANIA 2024 IN ARUSHA, TANZANIA Why We Need To Invest in the Next Generation of Ocean Leaders Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Global Climate Change; A Global South Perspective on Climate Solutions How Digital Traceability Will Redefine Seaweed Farming in Tanzania How the USAID Heshimu Bahari Activity is empowering Kilwa’s Coastal Community Our Journey through the African Marine Conservation Leadership Program KILWA SEASCAPE ACTIVITY UNDER USAID HESHIMU BAHARI-INCEPTION & INTRODUCTION MEETING Breaking Barriers: How Tanzania Dive Lab is Empowering the Next Generation of Female Ocean Scientists Through Diving, Leadership & Hands on Marine Conservation Skills New Hope in the Horizon: Upscaling Deep Water Tubular Net Seaweed Farming Technology To Coastal Communities of Tanzania: Initiative by AFO and SeaPower, supported by Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) Unfolding Progress for African Fair Seaweed Finance Facility (AFSFF) Why Our Communication Matters in Marine Conservation Partnership Alert: AFO Joins ORRAA as Full Member in Strengthening Ocean Resilience Sus Blue Shop: Enhancing Sustainable Seaweed Farming and Fisheries in Zanzibar FROM INTERNS TO DIVEMASTERS THE VOICE ACTIVITIES CLOSURE AFTER 8 YEARS OF SUCCESS Inspiring the Next Generation of Mangrove conservationists at Mtakuja Beach Secondary School From Forestman to Seaweed Queen: Action for Ocean (AFO) and Tengeneza Generation (TEG) (TEG) Brought the Green and Blue Voices to New York Climate Week