MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS FOR COASTLINE PROTECTION
MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS FOR COASTLINE PROTECTION
Health Mangrove Systems - Healthy Ocean Life
Our oceans and landsare connected in ways that we are just beginning to understand. Both need to be healthy for each to be able to thrive.
Coastline Protection
The 2004 Tsunami that devastated coastlines around the Indian Ocean hit hardest in areas that had lost their mangrove forest habitats.
Global Forest Restoration Potential
4.4 billion ha of canopy cover is the global potential tree cover distributed across the world.
0.9 billion ha of canopy cover available for restoration.*
205 Gt of additional carbon sink potential
2 billion ha (2x size of China) once forested now degraded, costs countries more than $6 trillion p.a. (equiv. 8.3% GDP in 2016)**
$7–30 in economic benefits for every dollar invested - restoring degraded forests**
*Basin et al SCIENCE Jul 2019: The global tree restoration potential
**World Resource Institute: Roots of prosperity, 2017