The Children Who Saved the Mangroves is a tale about mangroves that provides insight into the environment, values and threats that affect them, as well as children’s power to create innovative solutions to issues facing our society.
Ce recueil sur les savoirs traditionnels en matière de conservation des mangroves s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet Natur’ELLES, mis en oeuvre par l’UICN-PACO et la SOCODEVI, avec l’appui financier du gouvernement canadien.
Wetlands are among the world’s most productive and valuable ecosystems and are an integral part of many ecosystems. This book attempts to raise awareness on the relevance of wetland systems and their current impacts and existency threats in different regions of the world. It aims at describing the status, challenges and loss of wetlands related to conflicts between anthropic activities and natural ecosystem services fundamental for people’s livelihoods.
This report offers an overview of the work by the Save our Mangroves Now! (SOMN) initiative in the region to date, bringing together data on extent, loss and gains, and the socio-economic value of mangroves in the region, as well as governance challenges and policy opportunities.
