The Mwambani Bay debate: International media attention
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The following news and magazine articles in the international and national press on the debate over the impact of the proposed development of a port at Mwambani Bay have been published recently.
- Urfisch Quastenflosser droht an Tansanias Küste das ewige Ende
- Land Rights Concerns in Tanzania: The Case of Mwambani Harbour and Development Plans
- "Coelacanth", Wikipedia, 6 March 2009
- "Ancient fish found living in Tanzanian waters", by Anne Outwater, Daily News, 6 March 2009
- "Der letzte Zeuge" by Nicola Kuhrt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3 March 2009
- "Coelacanth or port - a Tanzanian dilemma", by Mohan Alembath, Suite101, 1 March 2009
- "Harbour threat for Coelacanths", by Quirin Schiermeier, Nature, 26 February 2009
- "400-million-year-old fish at risk from harbour project", Mongabay, 26 February 2009
- "Widerstand gegen neues Hafenprojekt in Tanga", Bagamoyo Friendship Society, 22 February 2009
- "Coelacanth Marine Park versus deep berth harbour in Mwambani Bay south of Tanga", Tanzania-Network.de e.V., no date.
- "Controversy haunts $1bn port development project", ThisDay, 3 April 2009
- "Special Report: Proposed Mwambani port threatens coelacanths", ThisDay, 3 April 2009
- "Clash looms as groups oppose harbour plan", Business Daily Africa, 13 May 2009
- "No Safe Harbor for "Living Fossil" Fish Along Tanzania's Coast", Oceanography, June 2009
- "Planned Port and Fishing Threaten Tanzania's Old Man of the Sea", SWARA, August 2009
- "How proposed port project will wipe out", The Guardian, 14th February 2010
Several of the articles above refer to a paper published by TNRF members in the Member Viewpoints series which is available here:
- "TNRF Member Viewpoint 1: Does Tanga need a new harbour at Mwambani Bay?" by TNRF members, 5 March 2008
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