The Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project (NACOMA) is a
conservation and wildlife monitoring project operating in
Namibia. NACOMA, as it is known, was officially launched in March 2006 as a five-year project co-funded by the
Global Environmental Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral environmental fund that provides grants and blended finance for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, persistent organic pollutants (POPs ...
(GEF) and the Namibian government with the support of the
World Bank.
NACOMA's objectives are to prevent the
loss of biodiversity and coastal degradation in Namibia and to promote
sustainable development
Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...
which comply with global environmental demands on a localised and national level.
NACOMA supports scientific monitoring and research along the coast of Namibia including
Mercury Island,
Ichaboe Island,
Halifax Island and Possession Island, islands which support the entire Namibian breeding population of Cape gannets ''
Morus capensis
The Cape gannet (''Morus capensis'') is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae.
They are easily identified by their large size, black and white plumage and distinctive yellow crown and hindneck. The pale blue bill is pointed with fine ...
'', 96% of the Namibian population of the endangered
African penguin
The African penguin (''Spheniscus demersus''), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all extant penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiff ...
''Spheniscus demersus'', and nearly 90% of the global breeding population of bank cormorants ''
Phalacrocorax neglectus''.
References
External links
Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project
Nature conservation in Namibia
{{namibia-stub