Tanzanian Maritime Cultural Heritage Unit

Tanzanian Maritime Cultural Heritage (Swahili: Urithi wa Bahari ya Watanzania) is a marine conservation department under the Tanzanian government's Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism. The programme was established in order to empower Tanzanian conservationists and create the Tanzanian Maritime Cultural Heritage Unit, the Tanzania Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Programme was launched in 2009. The program provides participants with knowledge and skills, among other things, to enable them to record, document, and keep an eye on underwater cultural heritage locations along the Tanzanian coast. The TMUCH team has carried out numerous initiatives in Zanzibar and Kilwa Kisiwani with the help of both technical and financial aid from the CIE-Centre for International Heritage Activities, UNESCO, and the Netherlands Government. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Tanzanian Maritime Cultural Heritage Unit

Agency overview
Formed	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Jurisdiction	Tanzania
Headquarters	Dodoma Dodoma Region Tanzania
Parent agency	Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
Website	[1]

References

1. "Mafia Island Underwater Heritage Survey 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-03.
2. "Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism". Retrieved 2023-09-03.
3. Ichumbaki, Elgidius. (2011). Tanzania’s Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Assets: Strategies towards Sustainable Conservation and Management.