A profile of the Wami River sub-Basin

In April 2006, a reconnaissance of the upper and lower river sub-basin was conducted and meetings were held with key users and stakeholders, including local leaders and key informants, the Wami Ruvu Basin Water Office, the Water Ministry, Saadani National Park Authority, Mtibwa Sugar Estates, Ltd., and the Chalinze-Wami water treatment plant and supply scheme. Two targeted rapid assessments were completed in February and March 2007 on the interlinkages of the Wami freshwater flows and Saadani National Park (Sumerlin and Gritzner, 2007), and the condition of the Wami estuary (Anderson and McNally, 2007). The goal of this profile is to promote landscape-seascape scale planning and conservation in the Wami river sub-basin. The specific objectives are to: (1) describe the human uses of the river sub-basin and upstream user threats to downstream water flows and estuarine health; (2) describe governance systems; (3) define key stakeholder groups and their interests; and (4) identify major gaps in information as well as priorities for further analysis and management. (Author abstract, modified)