By Wendy Brawer | Director
Our thanks to each of you for your support - here is an unusual outcome of this effort:
Today, our director returned from a week in Cuba, which included a 3-day workshop with 40 Green Mapmakers from across the country. She brought examples of global Green Map projects to share. The Cubans found the example of the China Mangrove Conservation Network (CMCN) expecially valuable as the protection of mangrove forests is of critical importance in Cuba. Habitat, tsumani protection, pollution prevention, this is just part of what mangroves do.
Everyone discussed the response of the CMCN following the recent hurricane Meranti which impacted Xiamen and coastal areas as they walked thorough the mangrove forest at Guanabo. There, Green Mapmakers have worked to restore mangroves and other plants along the ocean, and around the waterways that lead inland. A great deal has been accomplished in three years, including efforts to propogate in different soils, and initiatives that involve youth and community members of all ages.
We'll be sharing the attached report and Green Maps from CMCN with Cuban colleagues, and hopefully, help the two groups exchange best practices in the near future. Perhaps, through the Green Map network, new ways of supporting mangroves and related coastal natural systems can be developed.
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