Shopping 4 Carbon Removal
Mangroves store more carbon per unit area than any other ecosystem on Earth. They’re vital entities that capture and stockpile quantities of “blue” carbon in both the bodies of the plant and the sediment beneath them.
By focusing on the restoration of mangrove forests, we’re mobilizing one of the world’s most effective natural means of combating global warming. Compare mangrove forests to terrestrial ones: Studies show that mangroves sequester 2-5 times the CO2 equivalent of a mature tropical rain-forest. Plus, when terrestrial trees die, carbon stored in trunks and branches will be released, however, as mangroves store most of the carbon in their soil and sediment the carbon may stay put for millennia.
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Trees Planted Now Can Provide Future Income for Our Communities!
The Tuungane Project that we support in Tanzania is a collaborative of nonprofits, led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), which takes a holistic approach to creating a sustainable future for the region. Since 2012, the Project has not only expanded protected areas to cover more than 50% of Mahale’s total forest area but even created the foundation for carbon enterprises that pay villages for protecting their forests. Today, TNC is supporting work to replicate a carbon enterprise model in Mahale that has been generating financial benefits for 8 villages in the Ntakata Mountains.
Tuungane Project Forestry Program © Roshni Lodhia
This is particularly exciting for the forestry program we support! If all the verification phases can be successfully completed, this process would enable the local people and the Tree Planting Associations of The Tuungane Project to earn a sustainable income through carbon credits earned from protecting their trees. The very same trees you are helping us to plant today!
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