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India Joins Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP27

Category : International
Published on: November 12 2022 Share on facebook

  • 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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