“The fight against climate change is a fight for the communities around the world whose lives and livelihoods are most threatened by the crisis, and that’s where we’ve focused our work - from Colombia to Kenya to the Philippines,” says Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives. Conservation agreements will provide sustained support to village members in exchange for conserving the land and transitioning the local economy to one that relies on keeping the mangroves intact and healthy.ĪERF will also apply learnings from Conservation International’s pilot blue carbon project in Cispatá, Colombia, launched in 2018.
The coastal area is home to 21,000 hectares of mangrove forests, one of Earth’s most natural protectors against the impacts of climate change, which include unpredictable monsoons, rising tides, cyclones - or hurricanes - and even tsunamis, while also acting as carbon sinks that absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in their soil, plants, and other sediment, known as blue carbon.Īpplied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) - awarded a grant by Apple in 2021 - is exploring the area with a plan to safeguard the future of these mangroves by creating alternative, sustainable industries in the local communities that cultivate and benefit from the biodiversity and resilience of the mangrove ecosystems.
In the Raigad district, Alibaug connects Mumbai to a network of rivers branching off of the Arabian Sea. The bustling city - full of skyscrapers, restaurants, hotels, shopping districts, countless tuk-tuks, and modern cars - falls away as unpaved roads, palm trees, goats, cows pulling carts, and small open-air markets and restaurants come into view. Just 60 miles south of the vibrant coastal Indian city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, two distinct worlds emerge. From farm to sea: Conserving mangroves to protect local livelihoods and the planetĪpple’s partnership with the Applied Environmental Research Foundation will promote the protection and conservation of mangroves in Maharashtra, India
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