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An article about the mangrove forest conservation efforts of the Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF), an Indian environmental organization funded by Apple in 2021, was published in the company’s news room.
Mangrove forest attracting attention as blue carbon
About 100 kilometers south of the vibrant coastal city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India, modern infrastructure such as skyscrapers, restaurants, hotels and shopping districts, unpaved roads, palm trees, Two different worlds co-exist in the countryside, consisting of goats, cart-pulling cows, and small open-air markets and restaurants.
Alibaug in the Rigat district, a city that connects Mumbai and the river network that branches off from the Arabian Sea, has 21,000 hectares of mangrove forest, due to unpredictable monsoons, rising tides, cyclones (hurricanes), and the effects of climate changes such as tsunamis. It is one of the most natural means of protecting the earth, and at the same time, it also functions as blue carbon, which absorbs carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and stores it in sediments such as soil and plants.
Economic benefits of mangrove forest restoration
Granted by Apple in 2021, AERF aims to generate benefits by cultivating the biodiversity and resilience of mangrove ecosystems and to create alternative and sustainable industries in the community. increase.
“Our new partnership in India is … by restoring mangrove forests that protect us from the worst effects of climate change,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s Vice President of Environmental, Policy and Social Initiatives. Is what makes it financially profitable. “
Mangrove is like a sponge
Namdev Waitalam Moa, an elder and traditional fishing expert in the small inland village of Karangibera, has been able to live peacefully by the mangroves for the rest of his life and prevent seawater from entering the rice fields. I pay homage to my ability.
“Mangroves are like sponges. People are connected to mangroves, and without mangroves, there are no embankments, no paddy fields. We can survive because we are connected by food, embankments, and mangroves. Is. “
It has only recently been proven that mangroves have the power to protect coastal villages in India. In 2004, a huge submarine earthquake in Indonesia triggered a tsunami on the east coast of India, when mangroves absorbed the impact of the huge waves. At that time, people said they realized that mangroves were the quiet guardians of the community, guarding the villages.
Apple focuses on climate change initiatives
Apple is committed to global efforts to provide climate change resilience and economic benefits, and with Conservation International (CI) to protect some of the world’s most sensitive ecosystems. We support the first “Irrecoverable Carbon” finance lab.
According to CI, “irrecoverable carbon” is defined as carbon stored in a complex natural ecosystem when it is released from the ecosystem by being destroyed by human activities such as felling. It is carbon that cannot be absorbed into the ecosystem again by the target year for avoiding the most dangerous effects of climate change, which the world is aiming for.
Source: Apple, Conservation International
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