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LOCATION Seventh Meeting of the Signatory States Bonn, Germany Grande Comore, 0 8 th - 11 September 2014 Anjouan and Moheli COMOROS NETWORK SITE form the three islands of Comoros. 500.000 habitants In Mozambique channel Mr


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Seventh Meeting of the Signatory States Bonn, Germany 08th - 11 September 2014 COMOROS NETWORK SITE

Mr Anfani MSOILI IOSEA MoU NFP COMORES

amsoili@yahoo.fr, (+269) 332 01 11

LOCATION

  • Grande Comore,

Anjouan and Moheli form the three islands

  • f Comoros.
  • 500.000 habitants
  • In Mozambique channel

midway between Africa and Madagascar.

LOCATION

LOCATION

  • Mayotte
  • Mohéli
  • Anjouan
  • Grande Comore

Comoros Islands

They consist of three islands: Grande Comore ("Njazidja"), Anjouan ("Ndzuani") and Moheli ("Mwali") and Mayotte remains under French administration.

MOHELI SITE NETWORK

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2 MOHELI SITE NETWORK

Superficie: 290 Km² Population: 40.000 Superficie: 290 Km² Population: 40.000 Superficie: 290 Km² Population: 40.000 Superficie: 290 Km² Population: 40.000 Capitale: Fomboni 2 Capitale: Fomboni 2 Capitale: Fomboni 2 Capitale: Fomboni 2ème

ème ème ème Ville:Nioumachoi

Ville:Nioumachoi Ville:Nioumachoi Ville:Nioumachoi

ITSAMIA & MARINE TURTLE

  • 400 people

400 people 400 people 400 people

  • Tourist Strengths:

Tourist Strengths: Tourist Strengths: Tourist Strengths: 05 Beaches nesting 05 Beaches nesting 05 Beaches nesting 05 Beaches nesting

  • f sea turtles, Lake
  • f sea turtles, Lake
  • f sea turtles, Lake
  • f sea turtles, Lake

Boundouni, Boundouni, Boundouni, Boundouni, Birdhouse Rock and Birdhouse Rock and Birdhouse Rock and Birdhouse Rock and reserve Mchako at reserve Mchako at reserve Mchako at reserve Mchako at MMP MMP MMP MMP.

Itsamia, Conservative Village

  • Located off 15

minutes Itsamia.

  • Rock Mchako is a

bird nesting box and reserve PMM for the richness of its flora and fauna underwater.

Sternes noddy ( Sternes noddy ( Sternes noddy ( Sternes noddy (Anous stoludis Anous stoludis Anous stoludis Anous stoludis), Sternes fuligineuses ( ), Sternes fuligineuses ( ), Sternes fuligineuses ( ), Sternes fuligineuses (Sterna Sterna Sterna Sterna fuscata fuscata fuscata fuscata), Fou masqué ( ), Fou masqué ( ), Fou masqué ( ), Fou masqué (Sula sula, Sula dactylatra) Sula sula, Sula dactylatra) Sula sula, Sula dactylatra) Sula sula, Sula dactylatra)

CITY OF MARINE TURTLE

  • Five beaches serve as nesting sites of sea

turtles mainly green turtle "Chelonia mydas".

  • The hawksbill turtle is also present

SITE Itsamia: IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE

  • Over five females miles per

year with a peak from May to August, when a hundred mounted by night recorded.

  • Green Turtle "Chelonia

mydas" and the nested "turtle Eretmochelys imbricata»

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Itsamia & POACHING SITE

  • Poaching rare Itsamia but

continues on other unsupervised beaches of Moheli.

  • Need support, expanding

partnership with other associations

28 MAY:SEA TURTLE DAY

  • May 28, commemorative date of the turtle in the Comoros.
  • Gathering on Itsamia of the entire population of the island,

chat and conference discussion on marine turtle.

  • Pairing with Reunion, Mayotte.

MOHELI MARINE PARK

  • Formally established on 19 April 2001. It covers

an area of 404 square kilometers and extends from the shore of the island to a depth of 100 m.

  • Ten marine reserves (5.5% of the park), where

all resource extraction is prohibited.

  • MPA, co-managed by ten communities with a

management committee comprising all stakeholders PMM, authorities included.

Limite du Parc Marin de Mohéli

Reserves Marine Park of Moheli

ECOTOURISM IN MOHELI

Mail Mail Mail Mail: contact@moheli-tourisme.com

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Lac Boundouni,Ramsar Site

  • Ancienne cratère,

classée par la Convention de Ramsar, comme zone humide internationale, et habitat d’oiseaux d’eau douce.

NIOUMACHOI ET LES ILOTS

  • Tourist attraction,

islets,

  • wildlife

underwater,

  • scuba diving,
  • discovery

Mangrove fores

LIVINGSTONE BATS

  • Forest Discovery and

bats Livingstone endemic species (1.5 to 2m wide).

OUTLOOK

  • IOSEA & WIO MTTF

IOSEA & WIO MTTF IOSEA & WIO MTTF IOSEA & WIO MTTF

  • Nairobi Convention, UNEP, CMS

Nairobi Convention, UNEP, CMS Nairobi Convention, UNEP, CMS Nairobi Convention, UNEP, CMS

  • Kélonia

Kélonia Kélonia Kélonia IFREMER UNIVERSITY OF REUNION IFREMER UNIVERSITY OF REUNION IFREMER UNIVERSITY OF REUNION IFREMER UNIVERSITY OF REUNION

  • Cooperation with La Reunion Region and the European

Cooperation with La Reunion Region and the European Cooperation with La Reunion Region and the European Cooperation with La Reunion Region and the European Union (INTERREG and POCTOI). Union (INTERREG and POCTOI). Union (INTERREG and POCTOI). Union (INTERREG and POCTOI).

  • Develop partnerships with other iconic species (marine

Develop partnerships with other iconic species (marine Develop partnerships with other iconic species (marine Develop partnerships with other iconic species (marine mammals seabirds, endemic vegetation) mammals seabirds, endemic vegetation) mammals seabirds, endemic vegetation) mammals seabirds, endemic vegetation)

MERCI DE VOTRE ATTENTION Je vous invite tous à Mohéli, et en particulier, assister à la magie de la tortue marine à Itsamia.