The World Wildlife Fund recently wrote an article about the importance of mangroves being a nature-based solution to fight against climate change. Nature-based solutions are reference to the abilities of nature itself to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Mangroves are trees with very deep roots growing along coastlines in tropical and subtropical regions. Because of their deep root systems, they have the ability to protect coastline degradation against extreme weather like hurricanes and water rise. In addition, due to the soil they live in, they also have the capability to capture and store four times more carbon than other tropical rainforests, making them a champion to fight against climate change.
Mangroves also support marine young marine life such as sharks, grouper, and parrotfish who live in and around the root systems of the trees until they are big enough to swim out to coral reefs.
World Wildlife Fund in partnership with the Bezos Earth Fund is helping to restore and strengthen the management of 2.24 million acres of mangroves which will protect 2 billion tons of carbon stores in countries like Mexico, Madagascar, Fiji, and Columbia.
To learn more, copy and paste the link below;
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/mangroves-as-a-solution-to-the-climate-crisis
*Photos courtesy of Discovery.com and istock.com
