Best practice guidelines for mangrove restoration

In response to an increasing interest in the coastal resilience and climate mitigation potential of mangroves, the Global Mangrove Alliance and the Blue Carbon Initiative have launched the Best Practice Guidelines for Mangrove Restoration. The Guidelines aim to build a shared understanding of best practices, and in doing so, facilitate scaling up of cost effective, inclusive, and successful restoration.

What we bring

• Step-by-step guidance on best practices for every phase of the mangrove restoration project cycle, supporting effective project design, funding, and implementation from a holistic social, financial and impact point of view.
• Centered around well-established community-based ecological restoration approaches, which has been shown to enhance restoration success and longevity.
• The latest local and scientific best practices and links to useful resources, gathered into one place for the first time.
• A submodule on blue carbon, which addresses how to align mangrove restoration with national climate mitigation targets, or how to produce carbon credits to fund long-term project maintenance, monitoring, and community benefits.
• Additional modules related to coastal protection, biodiversity, and fisheries added over time.
• Soon available in more languages.