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Impact of planting mangrove trees:
Mangroves are unique ecosystems found across a wide tropical area and occupying the intertidal zones of more than 120 countries. Mangroves, and coastal wetlands in general, are globally important because of the many services they provide to humans and the planet. These services include protection from storm surges, hosting nurseries for fish and other marine life, providing construction materials, fuelwood, and providing services that are critical to stabilizing the global climate as a major carbon store.
Mangroves, an incredible carbon sink:
“With the rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions over the past century, the need for sustainable carbon sinks has increased. The latest models suggest that staying within an “acceptable” global temperature increase is no longer enough to simply reduce emissions and protect existing forests, but rather to rapidly increase the capacity to sequester carbon. Globally, mangrove systems are estimated to contain an incredible 20 petagrams of carbon. For a biome representing less than 5% of the world’s land area, this makes mangroves one of the most important carbon stocks, even more than many tropical forests such as the Amazon. Similarly, as a relatively fast-growing group of species, mangroves sequester carbon at a very rapid rate.
Help support wildlife and diversity:
As forests are destroyed, wildlife is losing its natural habitat, forcing it to move, limiting its ability to survive. Madagascar is one of the world’s highest conservation priorities, with over 200 species of mammals, 100 species of lemurs, 300 species of birds, and nearly 300 species of amphibians. Approximately ninety percent of all wildlife in Madagascar is endemic. Our work with Eden protects these wildlife in Madagascar by restoring their natural habitats.
