Location
Team Size
Impact Type
Solution Type
Pakistan
13
Carbon Reduction
Mangrove
Reforestation
About this Project
Background
In Pakistan, 34% of mangrove forests were lost between 1990 and 2010, leading to floods, land erosion, and significantly less sequestering of carbon from the atmosphere. The mangrove reforestation project is located across the Indus Delta within Sindh, Pakistan's third-largest province. The region, which looks out to the Arabian Sea, is home to a high biodiversity of benthic invertebrates. It sustains productive fisheries, serves as an important feeding ground for migratory shorebirds and supports the socioeconomic livelihoods of coastal villagers who collect shellfish and crabs. These intertidal wetlands also provide fertile ground for sequestering and storing vast amounts of atmospheric carbon. The protection, restoration and sustainable management of this natural resource is being led by Indus Delta Capital in partnership with the Government of Sindh.
Outcome
This large-scale mangrove program is restoring around 226,000 hectares of degraded delta banks with remnant mangrove forest, protected and monitored over a 60-year lifespan. This project has already been operational for six years and has restored more than 86,000 hectares of degraded mangrove forests and tidal wetlands, to which these carbon credits have now been issued in 2022.
Fact File
💧 49,000 people now have access to safe water
📏 86,409 hectares of degraded delta banks restored
💨 142,050,139 CO2 emissions removed
🕒 60-year project life
Partnerships & Certification
Pakistan
Mangrove Reforestation
Project Location
SDG Certifications
No Poverty: This project helps house, feed, and give work opportunities to 43,000 people in 4,911 households and 60 villages
Good Health and Wellbeing: The projects provides provisions (ambulances, mobile health facilities) to the local population
Clean Water & Sanitation: The project provides clean water for 500 people daily through the rehabilitation and management of reverse osmosis
Climate Action: This project is protecting and restoring 350,000 ha in the Sindth Indus Delta Region
Zero Hunger: The project helps locals source fishing and sustainable and renewable energy sources for cooking
Quality Education: The project is funding the creation of schools for local communities
Decent Work & Economic Growth: This project provides jobs to over 21,000 locals
Life Below Water: The project protects and restores underwater ecosystems and habitats native to mangrove sites, including 11 IUCN Red Lis species
Life on Land: The project protects and restores land ecosystems native to mangrove sites