Sasalu Tawamudu Fiji - Sustainable Reef Resources
Adopt A Mangrove
Mangroves are vital for a healthy coastal environment in Fiji. Mangroves are the nurseries of coastal lagoons and reefs, serving as essential habitat for juvenile fish and crustaceans. Mangroves also inhibit sedimentation where rivers and streams enter the ocean, which is increasingly important with deforestation of the coastal hills. In 2005, the Fijian government recognized mangroves as an ecosystem of “national importance”. Mangroves are also more efficient at coastal protection than sea walls and act as a natural filter of water and effluent. Unfortunately, development has led to the destruction of large areas of Fiji’s mangroves. You can help the mangroves of Fiji to flourish.
When you donate to Adopt-a-Mangrove, you are making a tax-deductible gift to the Fijian coastal ecosystem. Every $40 donation provides for the planting of 50 red mangroves (tiri) and for replanting mangroves that do not survive. The planting process also provides employment for village youth in preparing the young mangroves (propagules) for planting. Mangroves have one of the most unique reproductive strategies in the plant world. Like most mammals, mangroves are viviparous (bringing forth live young), rather than producing dormant resting seeds like most flowering plants. Adopt-a-Mangrove uses the Fijian National Youth Training Center to plant the mangroves. Since 1992, the National Youth Training Center has planted more than 80,800 mangroves. Adopt-a-Mangrove works directly with the award-winning Fijian Locally-Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) network to select the best planting sites and active cooperation of the villages.
Your contribution serves the reef, the villagers, and the waters of Fiji. Your 50 mangroves will be part of a forest that can endure for centuries. You will receive a certificate identifying the precise location of the 50 mangroves that were planted in your name. We hope that you will visit your mangroves someday and see firsthand the multiple benefits that mangroves bring both below and above the water.
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