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"Worldwide, mangroves — once destroyed for agriculture and development — have
seen a sharp decline in deforestation.
A new report from the Global Mangrove Alliance offers a plan to end mangrove
loss entirely. It lays the steps out plainly: halt new deforestation, restore
half of all recent losses and double the amount of mangroves that are
officially protected.
Between 2010 and 2020, the annual rate of mangrove deforestation dropped to
less than a fifth of what it was between 1996 and 2010, Caitlin Cooper wrote in
Mongabay. Currently, more than 42 percent of the world’s mangroves are
considered protected, an increase of 17 percent since 2012, according to UNESCO
numbers.
Once underappreciated, mangroves are having a moment. Efforts to conserve these
heroes of the environment are gaining momentum: At the COP27 U.N. climate talks
that wrapped up recently in Egypt, the Global Mangrove Alliance, co-founded by
Conservation International, launched a new initiative to restore and protect 15
million hectares (37 million acres) of mangroves globally through 2030. The
initiative, known as the Mangrove Breakthrough, seeks to drive public,
philanthropic and private finance to mangrove conservation through a $4 billion
investment."
Via
Future Crunch issue 193:
https://futurecrunch.com/
Direct link to original article:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
