MAP´s focus is on conserving natural mangrove forests using various approaches. Over the last years, our planet has lost 255,000 hectares of mangrove forests. Staff members of the GNF partner organisation EMACE, who tend to the mangrove restoration at Bolgoda Lake, were also among the participants.Ĭurrent studies have revealed that one hectare of mangrove forest can have an uptake of about 3.2 tonnes carbon dioxide per annum, with which they greatly contribute towards CO 2 reduction. Many staff from NGOs in Sri Lanka participated in the workshops. The organisation Mangrove Action Plan (MAP) and the Sewelanka Foundation implemented two workshops regarding Ecological Mangrove Restoration (EMR) in Sri Lanka.
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Ecological Mangrove Restoration – Workshop Series from 5 to 9 February and from 12 to 15 February 2007 in the National Aquatic Resources Research & Development Agency Center (NARA)