BACKING COMMUNITY-LED MANGROVE RESTORATION FOR FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

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ACES

The Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services (ACES) is a Scottish registered charity dedicated to facilitating community-led environmental conservation. Their current work focuses on mangroves and seagrass. They aim to extend this work and welcome partnerships with communities interested in conserving their coastal ecosystems.
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Edinburgh Napier University

Edinburgh Napier University is the #1 modern university in Scotland (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025), the #1 university in Edinburgh for student satisfaction (NSS 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023), and the top Scottish modern university for research power and impact (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

MANGROVES FOR OUR FUTURE

2024 - Present

Challenge

The community of Sankandi and its mangroves face multiple environmental challenges, including saline intrusion, soil degradation, and water scarcity, which have severely impacted agriculture and horticulture, currently the community’s main income sources. The degradation comes primarily from changes in the river upstream, but the resulting environmental conditions make natural regeneration of the mangroves very challenging and the community requested support to scale previous efforts.

Action

Nna Saama Mankolou (or Mangroves for Our Future) in Gambia, focuses on restoring healthy mangrove and riverine ecosystems that the community’s livelihoods and local biodiversity need. Our support provides the community time to research the conditions, start mangrove restoration and set up additional livelihoods, as it becomes a Plan Vivo accredited carbon credit project. The combinations are designed to generate sustainable revenue for the community through collaborations between Sankandi Youth Development Association (SYDA), ENU, ACES, and The University of The Gambia.

Impact

mangroves planted

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mangrove nurseries created

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community members engaged in project activities

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