Headline : Three promising outcomes from the world’s first official summit to conserve and restore mangroves

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Mangroves are one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. They store carbon from the atmosphere and act as a buffer from tropical storms and coastal erosion, so mangroves are crucial to building climate resilience.

More than 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of mangroves have been lost since 1996, with about 70% of this loss considered restorable. But mature mangrove forests (and their vast carbon stores) are irreplaceable.

Protecting what we still have is paramount, alongside global efforts to plant more mangroves. So, I was excited to be at the world’s first international mangrove conservation and restoration conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in December.

A key focus of this three-day meeting – with more than 400 delegates plus 100 speakers from 82 countries – is the “mangrove breakthrough”. This is a new global strategy supported by the Global Mangrove Alliance, an organisation that brings together technical experts, leaders, communities, businesses and funders to collaboratively scale up solutions.

Read more from the original article on here at theconversation.com.

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