Case Details
Sri Lanka mangrove conservation project
Seacology, in collaboration with Sri Lanka-based NGO Sudeesa, works to make Sri Lanka the world’s first nation to comprehensively protect all of its mangrove forests. Their approach is to use job-training and microfinance programs to 15,000 impoverished Sri Lankans alternative ways to earn a living that do not entail cutting down mangroves.The project will protect all 8,815 ha of Sri Lanka’s existing mangrove forests and replant 3,885 ha with seedlings raised in three Seacology-funded mangrove nurseries.
Type of Case
Website
Website
Publisher
Seacology
Seacology
Region
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Biome
Tropical
Tropical
Forest Type
Mangroves and coastal forests
Mangroves and coastal forests
Primary Designated Function
All
All