Mangrove Ecosystems in Sri Lanka : Climate Change Impacts and Community Based Conservation

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SLYCAN Trust

Sri Lanka is home to more than twenty species of true mangroves, around one third of all mangrove species in the world. They thrive along lagoons and estuaries and currently cover around 19,500 hectares of the island. The country has pledged to restore an additional 10,000 hectares by 2030 with three strategies: protecting existing mangroves, converting abandoned shrimp farms and salterns, and restoring degraded mangroves.

Community-Based Mangrove Conversation and Restoration using Local and Technical Knowledge

research-and-technical-papers

SLYCAN Trust