Small Island Communities account for insignificant contribution (< 1%) of global emissions. However, they suffer adverse consequences from climate change. Small Island communities including Zanzibar may face the most dire and immediate consequences. The Islands have been shown to be more vulnerable from impacts of climate change, sea-level rise and beach erosion in particular. Marine and coastal ecosystems are severely suffering in response of climatic changes. Corals and mangroves are projected to experience serious impacts as a result of elevated sea surface temperatures (SSTs). Coral Bleaching , Beach erosion, coastal landslides, flooding, and salinization of coastal aquifers are not uncommon events and therefore pose a special threat to the survival of these fragile ecosystems.Read more...

Zanzibar is an archipelago consisting of two main Islands of Unguja (commonly referred to as Zanzibar Island), Pemba and about 51 other surrounding small islets. Zanzibar is a partner state in the United Republic of Tanzania with the Mainland. The name Zanzibar is derived from a combination of two Arabic words, 'Zenj', meaning black, and 'bar', being the Arabic word for land, resulting in the ancient title 'Land of the Blacks'. As Zanzibar absorbed peoples from as far as the Orient and Iberia, Assyria and India. Pemba is the second largest island of the Archipelago, named Al-khudra "The Green Island" by the Arabic mariners. It is famous for its clove production and its channels offer some of the best diving experiences in East Africa.Read more...