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BEACH MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (BMP) Arthur Tuda Senior Warden Mombasa Coordinator - BMP

BEACH MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (BMP) Arthur Tuda Senior Warden Mombasa Coordinator - BMP. Beach Management. Is a subset of Coastal Zone Management Beach Management in Kenya – challenges and opportunities KWS attempt at BMP in Mombasa Marine (1987-89) Its success, challenges and failures.

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BEACH MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (BMP) Arthur Tuda Senior Warden Mombasa Coordinator - BMP

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  1. BEACH MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (BMP) Arthur Tuda Senior Warden Mombasa Coordinator - BMP

  2. Beach Management • Is a subset of Coastal Zone Management • Beach Management in Kenya – challenges and opportunities • KWS attempt at BMP in Mombasa Marine (1987-89) • Its success, challenges and failures

  3. Kenya Beaches from 80s to 2011 • Collapse of governance structures • Increased insecurity including abductions • Visitors harassment • Threats to marine park and beach ecology • Poor waste management (solid and discharges) • Economic losses – uncompetitive destination • Increased conflicts among users

  4. Kenya beaches 1980 - 2011

  5. Concerns of beach Hotels • Security on the beach – request for armed patrols 7/7 • Unlicensed beach operations • Increase of social vices including harassment • Toilet and sanitation • Waste disposal / disposal bins along the beach

  6. BMP 2.0 - A new initiative Focus on beach management from an environmental & visitor management perspective • Security and safety • Beach cleanliness • Environmental (beach) health • Restoring image of Mombasa Marine & Beach

  7. Mtwapa Creek • Area coverage • 12 km beach Tudor Creek

  8. Programme Objectives • Enhance beach cleanliness • Enhance visitors’ security and safety • Reduce social vices on the beach • Improve beach environment for marine species • Enhance partnership with hotels and communities • Enhance image of North Coast Beach and Mombasa Marine Park and Reserve • Reduce management conflicts among beach users

  9. Objective 1: Enhance security • Beach & sea patrols • Joint enforcement with Navy and Police • 3 boats deployed daily

  10. Objective 2: Beach clean ups • Current status of beach - 500 pieces of debris per 10sq metre of beach • 35 beach cleaners recruited from local community & beach • Waste collection done daily from Dec 1st 2011

  11. Objective 3: Training of beach operators to reduce social vices • 90 boat operators already trained • 260 boat operators remaining • Other beach operators will be included as programme roles on • MCTA to be enjoined in training

  12. Objective 4: Life guard duties • Open up life guard posts along 12 km beach from Serena to Nyali • Rangers trained on life saving • To assist during school holidays

  13. Objective 5: enhance beach ecology • Work with hotels on managing beach cast • Reduce turtle mortality • Deal with hotels discharging effluents on beach

  14. What to expect by 30th January 2011 • Clean beach - immediately • Beach zoned according uses • Tourists sun bathing on beach – expected from all hotels • Harassment of visitors stopped • Offenders expelled from beach • Beach operators vetted & licensed • Beach ecological status improved

  15. Beach Monitoring Committee • To be selected from tourism industry stakeholders and government to monitor performance the BMP and make recommendations • Hotels to give feedback from visitors for further improvement

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