Incredible story of Madagascar’s ecosystem restoration of planting 664 million Mangrove trees in 15 years
* Mangroves are struggling as 3.6 million hectares have been lost since 1980 (20% of world total) * Madagascar lost 50% of its mangroves in just 10 years. The remaining face threats from charcoal production, agriculture and rising seas By Duncan Mlanjira Fascinated by the admirable strategy that Madagascar executed 15 years ago, prompted environmentalist Ollie Potter to share on LinkedIn that country’s re-afforestation effort in which they planted 664 million Mangrove trees under that period. “The wonder of…
