MANGROVE REHABILITATION
& PLANTATION
Status: Ongoing, since 2015
Mangrove forests once covered large areas along the coast of North Sulawesi, providing essential habitat for marine life and important protection for coastal communities. Today, however, these ecosystems remain only in limited areas due to increasing pressure from coastal development and other human activities.
To address this decline, Manengkel Solidaritas supports the protection, management, and restoration of approximately 88 hectares of mangrove habitat. The program focuses on restoring degraded areas, strengthening community-based mangrove management, and increasing local awareness of the ecological and economic importance of healthy mangrove ecosystems.
Across the four mangrove areas supported by the program, more than 2,000 people benefit from improved ecosystem services, stronger coastal protection, and opportunities linked to sustainable livelihoods and conservation. Through continued restoration and community participation, the program aims to ensure that mangrove ecosystems remain healthy and resilient for future generations.
Manengkel Solidaritas Mangrove Restoration Program Locations – 2026
Why?
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Many coastal communities are using mangroves too extensively, significantly degrading their local marine environments
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Destruction of mangroves is significantly reducing both the number and size of fish
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Another effect of the destruction is degrading natural barriers against floodings that mangroves provide to coastal communities
Activities
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Replanting and rehabilitating mangroves is one of the primary conservation activities
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Training in new sustainable practices, such as establishing mangrove nurseries and replanting and cleaning debris and plastic from areas where mangroves used to grow are crucial measures for restoring mangrove habitats
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Create active involvement of communities in restoring mangroves through environmental education into mangrove ecosystems for the whole community
Results
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Manengkel Solidaritas, by support from donors together with coastal communities and village governments, planted thousand of mangrove seeds.
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A monthly monitoring system was established to record the progress of the new mangrove habitat using geotagging.
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Data was gathered over the period of one year and evaluation showed that over 70% of planted seeds survived and are still growing.
Kapitu Victory Mangrove Conservation Group
Mangrove Seedling Planting
This project is supported by :
