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

Publisher
Seacology

Region
Asia Pacific

Biome
Tropical

Forest Type
Mangroves and coastal forests

Primary Designated Function
All