Adopt a mangrove tree and become climate neutral
Adopt a Mangrove Tree

Mangrove

Adopt a Mangrove Tree

$ 12

  • Mangroves mitigating 3-5 times more CO2 than rainforest trees
  • Protecting lives and properties from extreme weather
  • Increasing sea food production with up to 50%
  • Filtering and cleaning water
  • Providing cooling effect and other vital eco services for life on Earth
  • Helping disadvantaged in vulnerable coastal communities with sustainable development to overcome poverty

Here you can discover how much CO2 you as an individual produce each year (choose your country) Each Mangrove tree in Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park in Myanmar mitigating 1 ton per tree documented in the soil and in the biomass and you can them choose how many trees you want to adopt by increasing the number with the “+” button below.

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Your payment will be sent directly to the project’s bank account and you will receive a Triple Platinum Certificate for your contribution in addition to yearly reports. Partners are welcome to visit your trees in the park by registering at post@worldview,org, to book room at our guest house in the park.

THOR HEYERDAHL CLIMATE PARK

Pilot project on adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Development with livelihood support to disadvantaged people in coastal communities in the vulnerable Delta Region, Myanmar.

Lives are under threat due to climate change in many parts of the world. Extreme weather in form of cyclones and floods are increasing. The Delta region in Myanmar with over 6 million people are becoming increasingly vulnerable, especially due to destruction of the protective mangrove forest shield which naturally protects lives and properties from extreme weather. The frequencies of cyclones and storm floods are fast increasing. In an area with only 16% left of the original mangrove forest protection (NASA report 2013), there is an urgent need to restore lost mangrove forests by replanting. This will yield a multitude of benefits:

Globally: Mitigate large amounts of CO2 climate gases as recommended by UN Climate Panel in promotion of Blue carbon restoration by protecting vital life bearing systems.

Public education and university support: The project will work in close cooperation with leading coastal universities with research grants to students and other capacity building in support of urgent need for knowledge on vital mangrove restoration and sustainable development concepts.

Nationally, regionally: Starting an urgent  national restoration process with potential of up to 500,000 Ha lost mangrove forest in Myanmar to mitigate 500 million tons CO2 when all available land is fully developed during 10-15 years intensive restoration with sustainable development to disadvantaged in coastal communities. Mangroves mitigates up to five times more CO2 than rainforest trees and generate up to 50% increase of sea food stocks, filtering of sediments from run offs by protecting coral reefs and sea grass meadows, including protection of lives and properties from extreme weather.

Locally: The project works in close cooperation with local communities by focussing on livelihood support with the aim of 100% increase of income during 4 years development for the disadvantaged section of the community, with focus on women and children development and adaptation to climate change with mangroves as a protective shield from extreme weather. (Ref. report on 3 years research project completed by end of July 2015).

 

The pilot project is based on Worldview International Foundation’s response to Myanmar Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry’s request in 2012 to implement a 3 year research project on mangrove restoration in cooperation with Pathein University and Myeik University. This generated valuable experience in broad based restoration activities which led to establishment of THOR HEYERDAHL CLIMATE PARK in 2015 with the largest mangrove gene bank in Asia on 750 Hectare land donated by the government.

The research has developed cost effective planting methods, contributed to capacity building of universities, schools and local communities. Soil tests by Pathein University and Yangon University have documented 2 million tons CO2 climate gases in the ground from earlier plants (to be saved and protected by new plants). The park has 1 million new mangrove trees by June 2015, capturing and storing 1 ton CO2 per tree during 20 years growth period.

This application is for financial support to complete planting in remaining areas of the climate park with 1.08 million more trees during 2016, 2017 and 2018 (360,000 plants per year). This will protect and mitigate additional 2 million tons CO2 with documented CO2 in the ground for conservation, and assist vulnerable coastal communities in poverty reduction based on sustainable development initiatives with focus on livelihood support. The will make coastal communities more resilient in the age of climate change with protection of lives and properties from extreme weather.  It is also internationally recognized that protection of environment with adaptation to climate change is an integral part of Global Human Rights.

In order to easily identify the new plants, dedicated planting areas are marked with GPS location and can be observed via satellite on Google Earth Professional and/or by the project’s drone with real time observation via Facebook or other networks or by visits to the park area with accommodation in our comfortable guest house on the beach.