UN honours Kenya’s Mikoko Pamoja Mangrove conservation
The project MikokoPamoja, is the first community-owned initiative of its kind in the world to use sale of carbon credits to fund mangroveconservation alongside community development. Project manager Josphat Mwamba, explaining how the project started and its impact on the world.
Mangroves protectors recognised because of the vital role they serve as habitat for various marine species and coastal communities
Today, “The Gazi community has demonstrated how local action can have a global impact, by maintaining the delicate balance between human needs and environmental protection.”
The United Nations has named Mikoko Pamoja Person of the Year, recognising the Gazi community’s progress in conserving the mangrove ecosystem and pioneering global carbon financing.
For years, the Gazi Bay community in Kwale County had relied on mangrove forests for timber, threatening the very ecosystem they depended on.
