Sustainability
Planted 2.5 million mangroves
Restored 1,000 Hectares
1.5 million tonnes of CO2 to be mitigated
Mangrove forests are coastal guardians and play a vital role in ocean biodiversity. One of its biggest strengths lies in the forest’s ability to capture and store carbon, up to five time more CO2 than trees in terrestrial forests.
The Soneva Foundation engaged Worldview International Foundation to plant 2.5 million mangroves in Myanmar, restoring 1,000 hectares of mangrove forests. The last 1 million mangroves were planted in the soil on September 2023.
The mangrove restoration project is being registered under VERRA and is expected to generate 1.5 million carbon credits.
“Thanks to the mangrove forest project, I can now support my children in whatever way they want,” says Ko Zin Naing, who works as a forest ranger to monitor the development of the mangroves planted.
The success of mangrove restoration relies largely on engaging local stakeholders and conducting thorough assessments to ensure that chosen species will thrive in the given growing conditions.
In Myanmar, our implementation partner Worldview International Foundation are restoring degraded mangroves in cooperation with the country’s Forest Department and local communities in planting areas. Since 2012, they have planted and protected 120 million mangroves and restored 19,000 hectares of mangrove forest.
Over 600 hectares in the Yangon and Ayeyarwady regions have been planted for the Soneva Foundation, with another 400 hectares in Tanintharyi region. Althogether, 2.5 million mangroves have been planted for the Soneva Foundation.
Eight native true mangrove species were planted as part of our restoration efforts: Avicennia officinalis, Rhizophora mucronate Rhizophora apiculate, Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Bruguiera sexangular, Ceriops tagal, Sonneratia apetala and Sonneratia caseolaris.
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