Mangrove restoration training - prequel and follow-up visits

Mangrove Action Project

Mangrove forests are simultaneously one of the world’s most important ecosystems – and one of its most threatened. Mangroves are incredible ecosystems that act as barriers to stop soil erosion, protect coastal communities from storms, and provide livelihoods for millions of people. By absorbing huge amounts of carbon and reducing the impacts of flooding and sea level rise, mangroves are also one of our best allies in the fight against climate change. But sadly, they are being lost at an alarming rate due to coastal developments, aquaculture, and harvesting for fuel and building materials.

Mangrove Action Project (MAP), a US-based non-profit, is a team of dedicated, passionate and experienced mangrove experts collaborating with individuals and organisations at all levels to preserve, conserve, and restore our world’s mangrove forests. MAP delivers training and educational programs essential for the effective conservation and restoration of these critical ecosystems, supporting coastal communities worldwide and mitigating the impacts of climate change. MAP offers two key training products: a best practice ‘Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration’ (CBEMR) process, which greatly improves mangrove restoration outcomes, and the 'Coastal Education Program' an award-winning curriculum that teaches younger generations the values and benefits of conserving mangroves.

The Levine Family Foundation grant will support MAP’s goal of improving mangrove restoration outcomes through its CBEMR training. The grant will support pre-training (prequel) and post training (follow-up) site visits, to ensure lasting impacts on mangrove restoration through increasing the capacity of local communities and mangrove stakeholders.