IN DETAIL

Mangroves were once considered fetid, malarial swamps and were even used in literature to represent a primitive and dangerous threat. This attitude was complicit in their rapid global decline over the past 70 years. Now we understand that they are amongst the most useful of all ecosystems and some of us consider them beautiful too. In this talk I will describe the current global state of mangrove conservation and what we know about the services that these remarkable forests provide. I will discuss a case study of mangrove conservation from southern Kenya, Mikoko Pamoja, that uses the sale of carbon credits to fund protection and community development and consider some of the strengths and weaknesses of this new source of conservation funding.

The Basics

Fetid mangrove to useful biodiversity

Friends Meeting House,7 Victoria Terrace (above Victoria St) EH1 2JL what3words daisy.shower.thigh

Speaker: Prof Mark Huxham.

Leader: Committee.