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“Blue carbon” is carbon captured by oceans and coastal ecosystems. We restore mangroves – trees and shrubs that grow in coastal wetlands – which can sequester up to four times more carbon than terrestrial forests.

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Casamance Mangroves

Senegal

Sine-Saloum Mangroves

Senegal

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High-impact mangrove restoration project in Senegal with Climate Impact Partners

Mangrove restoration project combines rare high impact voluntary carbon market removal credits with innovative technology use to improve understanding of...
Blue Carbon

Our favourite trees: Rhizophora species

Where the earth meets the sea resides a botanical wonder. The ‘true mangroves’ – Rhizophora – stand as nature's resilient...
Blue Carbon

WeForest joins the Global Mangrove Alliance

WeForest has become a member of the Global Mangrove Alliance (GMA), which brings together NGOs, governments, scientists, industry, local communities...
Blue CarbonResearch news

NASA lands in our Senegal project sites

Our restoration sites in Senegal had some very special visitors in August!...
Blue CarbonWeForest in the Media

Mangroves projects on Ubani TV

Our mangroves projects with Oceanium – and WeForest’s Senegal Manager Germaine Ebong – appear on online television channel Ubani TV, which...

Blue CarbonNews

Miracle mangroves: restoring Senegal’s spectacular landscapes

Of all the forests, mangroves are probably the most impressive. These tropical trees and shrubs that thrive in salty, coastal...

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