The Italian Development Cooperation Agency will invest around €1.4 million in the preservation and enhancement of the environmental heritage of Kanyaka Island.
Through environmental protection, tourism development and sustainable agriculture projects, the Kanyaka community will benefit from tools to better preserve the island’s ecosystem.
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The ‘MangAction’ project, within the framework of the ManGrowth initiative, was formally presented to the district of KaNyaka on Wednesday.
Project coordinator Frederica Ferrari said that the three-year project would deliver benefits to the entire island community.
The initiative will be managed by a consortium made up of civil society organisations ICEI – Istituto Cooperazione Economica Internazionale, WeWorld Onlus, with Natura Moçambique, IUCN Mozambique and Abiodes (Associação para Desenvolvimento Sustentável).
It aims to preserve and value the environmental heritage for a sustainable and resilient development in the bay of Maputo.
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The project was launched with the support of the Kanyaka Tour Operators Association (AOTUKA), whose chairman Angelo Manguele said that the biggest benefit of the project would be gaining knowledge of the best ways to preserve the island’s environmental heritage.
