Starting late 2023, we’re now planting 100% mangroves at one site in Madagascar.
Why Plant Mangroves in Madagascar?
Madagascar is one of the world’s top biodiversity conservation priorities, according to Eden Reforestation, because of its endemic species and severe habitat loss rates. Restoration in Madagascar is important because the destruction of the mangrove estuaries along the coastline has caused mudflats to wash into the ocean, destroying once-productive fisheries and increasing the vulnerability of coastal communities to hurricanes, tsunamis, and floods. In the inland region of Madagascar, deforestation threatens one of the world’s rarest and most diverse forest systems.
Find out more at: https://www.edenprojects.org/our-work/madagascar
Switching to Mangroves: Our New Tree-Planting Strategy
Together with our partners, we came to the decision to change our tree-planting approach. We’re proud to announce we will now be planting 100% mangroves in Madagascar, thanks to our collaboration with the Eden Reforestation Projects.
Our planting efforts will focus on the Mariarano Mangrove site, where all our trees will now be planted. You can learn more about the project here: https://explorer.land/x/project/mahabana/site/LLswTT/about
By concentrating our planting at this one site, we also benefit from:
· Annual updates on our planting progress
· Geo-tagged photos from the site every six months
· GPS coordinates and site map
Why Mangroves
Mangroves are a valuable resource as they are highly effective in carbon sequestration and more resilient to drought, fire, and floods. Furthermore, this planting initiative provides much-needed work in Madagascar, where 75% of the population lives in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $2.15 a day.
The Mariarano Mangrove area covers a total of 1,060 hectares of mangrove forest that lines the banks of the Mariarano Estuary, northeast of the port city of Mahajanga. It consists of a healthy population of mangroves of various species as well as severely degraded areas that need to be restored.
The estuary serves as a nursery for fish species and allows for the harvesting of crabs and other marine products. This unique site contains diverse fauna and mangrove forests that have not yet been sufficiently studied scientifically and must be protected from further exploitation.
This area is also a hotspot for birds and provides shelter for several species, including the endemic Madagascar Scops Owl and the Hook-billed Vanga. Lemur species observed in this project include the common brown lemur and the critically endangered Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli).
We are still planting 4.5 trees for every £1
Despite the worldwide increase in the cost to plant trees, for now we continue to be able to offer donors 4.5 trees for every £1 donated. Although we expect this price to have to increase some time in 2024.
Would like to donate to plant a large number of trees? Or for a different number of trees than on the webpage? Or to pay by Bank Transfer? Then please contact me by phone or WhatsApp on +44 7803 54689.