BEACH MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
(BMP)
Arthur Tuda
Senior Warden Mombasa
Coordinator - BMP
Beach Management
• Is a subset of Coastal Zone Management
• Beach Management in Kenya – challenges and
opportunities
• KWS attempt at BMP in Mombasa Marine (1987-89)
• Its success, challenges and failures
Kenya Beaches from 80s to 2011
Collapse of governance structures
Increased insecurity including abductions
Visitors harassment
Threats to marine park and beach ecology
Poor waste management (solid and discharges)
Economic losses – uncompetitive destination
Increased conflicts among users
Kenya beaches 1980 - 2011
Concerns of beach Hotels
• Security on the beach – request for armed
patrols 7/7
• Unlicensed beach operations
• Increase of social vices including harassment
• Toilet and sanitation
• Waste disposal / disposal bins along the beach
BMP 2.0 - A new initiative
Focus on beach management from an environmental & visitor
management perspective
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Security and safety
Beach cleanliness
Environmental (beach) health
Restoring image of Mombasa Marine & Beach
Mtwapa Creek
•Area coverage
•12 km beach
Tudor Creek
Programme Objectives
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Enhance beach cleanliness
Enhance visitors’ security and safety
Reduce social vices on the beach
Improve beach environment for marine species
Enhance partnership with hotels and communities
Enhance image of North Coast Beach and Mombasa
Marine Park and Reserve
• Reduce management conflicts among beach users
Objective 1: Enhance security
•Beach & sea patrols
•Joint enforcement with Navy and Police
•3 boats deployed daily
Objective 2: Beach clean ups
•Current status of beach - 500 pieces of debris per 10sq metre of
beach
•35 beach cleaners recruited from local community & beach
•Waste collection done daily from Dec 1st 2011
Objective 3: Training of beach
operators to reduce social vices
•90 boat operators already
trained
•260 boat operators
remaining
•Other beach operators
will be included as
programme roles on
•MCTA to be enjoined in
training
Objective 4: Life guard duties
•Open up life guard posts along 12
km beach from Serena to Nyali
•Rangers trained on life saving
•To assist during school holidays
Objective 5: enhance beach
ecology
• Work with hotels on managing beach cast
• Reduce turtle mortality
• Deal with hotels discharging effluents on
beach
What to expect by 30th January 2011
• Clean beach - immediately
• Beach zoned according uses
• Tourists sun bathing on beach – expected
from all hotels
• Harassment of visitors stopped
• Offenders expelled from beach
• Beach operators vetted & licensed
• Beach ecological status improved
Beach Monitoring Committee
• To be selected from tourism industry
stakeholders and government to monitor
performance the BMP and make
recommendations
• Hotels to give feedback from visitors for
further improvement