Restoring the Northern Mozambique Channel Region
The Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania
This small region boasts 35 per cent of the coral reefs found in the entire Indian Ocean and is considered as its seedbed and nursery.
Agricultural run-offs, overfishing, and climate change threaten this economically and ecologically important stretch of ocean.
The initiative aims to manage, protect, and restore almost 87,200 hectares of interconnected land and seascapes, benefitting both nature and people.
The initiative in numbers
1,259,336
Hectares under restoration
4,850,000
Hectares to be restored by 2030
“After decades of taking the ocean for granted, we are witnessing a great shift towards restoration. But the challenge ahead of us is significant and we need everyone to play their part. These World Restoration Flagships show how biodiversity protection, climate action, and economic development are deeply interconnected. To deliver our restoration goals, our ambition must be as big as the ocean we must protect.”
Inger Anderson, Executive Director of UN Environment Programme