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  • The Nature Conservancy is partnering with Pathfinder International, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and others on Tuungane, a comprehensive project addressing wildlife habitat protection, fisheries management, freshwater protection, community development and human health.
  • Villagers wait for fishermen to bring back their catch to sell to the local market in the village of Katumbi on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
  • Local village fishermen struggle to catch enough fish to make a living. This local market is in Katumbi village on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
  • These women buy fish from local fishermen to smoke and then re-sell at the Katumbi village market on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
  • Women smoke fish they've purchased from local fishermen, village of Katumbi, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania.
  • A young village boy plays among the fishing boats on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
  • Swema Kabliya walks to get water in the village of Nkonkwa, on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
  • Girls and young women carrying water from Lake Tanganyika to their village of Nkonkwa, on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
  • Children help their neighbors make palm oil by grinding the nuts in a handmade mill in the village of Katumbi, Tanzania on Lake Tanganyika.
  • A young woman gets a small loan for her business in the village of Katumbi. Learn more about the Tuungane project.
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