India Joins Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP27

India Joins Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP27

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Category : International Published on: November 12 2022

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India has joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate, MAC, at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.
After joining the alliance, India called for the integration of mangroves conservation with the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) programmes for carbon sequestering.
India is among the first five countries to join the MAC, including Australia, Japan, Spain, and Sri Lanka.
The alliance will raise global awareness about the role of mangroves as a nature-based climate change solution. It will ensure the rehabilitation of mangrove forests a global level.
Mangroves are small trees and shrubs which grow along the coastlines thrive in salty water and form unique forests on the edge of land and the sea.
Mangrove ecosystems are among the most productive and ecologically important ecosystems in the world.

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