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Voices of Ecological Mangrove Restoration (EMR)

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  • Coastal resilience
  • Community resilience
  • Coasts & Deltas

Successful mangrove recovery requires the restoration of the physical environment that supports their regrowth. This means that projects should go beyond numbers of trees planted and focus on ecological recovery and addressing the root causes of mangrove loss. Moreover, for long-term restoration success, local communities should get actively involved and actively steward restored ecosystems. When they benefit directly from restored ecosystems, they are more likely to protect them for the future. Here are their stories!

A list of blog articles

Meet the community, national park managers and project manager of our new Ecological Mangrove Restoration project in Sierra Leone

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Case studies

A list of case studies

  • Demonstrating and upscaling Ecological Mangrove Restoration in North Kalimantan, Indonesia

    The To plant or not to Plant initiative works to rehabilitate mangroves by applying best practices in mangrove restoration, and by enabling NGOs, government agencies and communities to effectively upscale their work. Indonesia is one of the 4 countries where we demonstrate Ecological Mangrove Restoration (EMR) on the ground, focused on natural mangrove regeneration, while we support others […]

  • Large scale implementation of best practice mangrove restoration in Guinea Bissau

    Wetlands International works to rehabilitate mangroves by applying best practices in mangrove restoration, and by enabling NGOs, government agencies and communities to effectively upscale their work. Guinea Bissau is one of the countries where we demonstrate community-based ecological mangrove restoration (CBEMR) on the ground, focused on natural mangrove regeneration, while we support others to embrace […]

  • Community-based ecological mangrove restoration in Kenya

    Kenya holds significant potential for mangrove restoration, with over 1,600 hectares of completely lost mangroves identified for recovery, and an additional 23,000 hectares of degraded mangroves that can be restored to good ecological condition. Wetlands International focuses its efforts on the Tana Delta and Lamu, areas that together host 66% of the country’s total mangroves […]

Resources on Ecological Mangrove Restoration

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