MANGROVE BREAKTHROUGH
By Fred Pearce
Amid the rise in international attention given to wetlands during 2022, no ecosystems have featured more prominently than mangroves – as storers of carbon, nurturers of marine wildlife and protectors of coastlines from storms and rising tides. A major new boost for this agenda came during the year with the announcement of the Mangrove Breakthrough at the UN Climate Change Convention COP27 in November in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, aimed at mobilising billions of dollars for mangrove conservation and restoration.
Mangrove tree in clear tropical waters in Exuma, Bahamas
Wetlands International Annual Review 2022
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