Mangrove conservation

Collaborating to save Mumbai's mangroves, increase biodiversity, and strengthen resilience to climate change

Mangrove conservation

Collaborating to save Mumbai's mangroves, increase biodiversity, and strengthen resilience to climate change

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Introduction

 

Mangroves are important as a carbon sink and yet also play major roles in other critical ecosystem functions. These hardy coastal forests are highly effective at trapping and storing carbon dioxide from the air—a substantial tool for battling climate change.

 

Tata Power understands the value that mangroves provide to coastal ecosystems and has worked with a well-established conglomerate, Godrej Boyce Co. Ltd., for far-reaching conservation efforts along its coasts in Mumbai, contributing significantly towards preserving coastlines rich biodiversity. In addition to making a small but impactful contribution, Tata Power hopes this initiative will help to generate awareness and spur action on the conservation of mangroves with its employees as well as in its communities.

 

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Our mangrove conservation efforts

 

One of the interventions in this series included a mangrove conservation workshop conducted by Tata Power at Godrej Mangroves Conservation Centre, Mumbai to build awareness around importance of mangroves and medicinal properties of native species. Further, Tata Power has made a conscious effort to maintain and create awareness about the other mangrove patches near its power plants in Trombay and Mundra. Also, Tata Power focused on training the employees about the importance of mangroves for the ecosystem by creating a separate module for mangroves in the curated biodiversity course.

 

Tata Power aims to conserve mangrove ecosystems in a bid ensure the protection of biodiversity and support coastal livelihoods, but also preserve our planet's capacity to mitigate climate change. Mangroves thus serve not only as the cornerstones of coastal resilience but also hold out a mantle on which global initiatives for sustainable environmental stewardship can shine.