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Mangrove planting in Mozambique. Young trees that stood through a cyclone.

This project replants mangrove forest at Irregele Milato, on the coast of Mozambique. Local people are paid to grow, plant and guard the trees.

The mangrove planting project at Irregele Milato, Mozambique

Trees funded by Printlogik: 120
UN global goals supported: 10
Irregele Milato, Mozambique: 17.8°S, 36.9°E

In short

Where: Irregele Milato, in the Quelimane District of Zambezia Province, on Mozambique’s Indian Ocean coast.
What: Replanting mangroves on a 756-hectare site where the forest has been cut down. Ecologi lists the project as previously funded.
Who: Eden Reforestation Projects, a non-profit that pays local people a fair wage to grow, plant and guard the trees.
Why: Mangroves store carbon, hold the soil together and shield the coast from floods and storms.

Why Mozambique

Mozambique is on the east coast of Africa. It has 2,500 kilometres of coastline on the Indian Ocean, facing Madagascar. About 31 million people live there, and roughly two in three of them live in the countryside.

The country once had huge mangrove estuaries and forests. Most have been destroyed, cut down for firewood and charcoal.

Parts of the north have also suffered conflict in recent years, which has forced thousands of people from their homes. It makes schooling and healthcare harder to provide, and it leaves more people relying on small-scale farming to survive. That puts still more strain on the land.

Why this stretch of coast

The Irregele Milato site covers 756 hectares in the Quelimane District of Zambezia Province. People here often live by fishing, farming and making charcoal.

They need timber, both to earn money and for everyday use, and that need has stripped large areas of their trees. Where the trees have gone, floods do more harm, both to nature and to people’s homes and belongings.

The mangrove planting project in Mozambique — Photographs: Ecologi and Eden Reforestation Projects.

Why mangroves

Mangroves are small trees that grow on tropical and subtropical coasts around the world. They do several jobs at once.

They store carbon. Mangroves are very good at taking in carbon and locking it away in their wide root systems under the ground. Because it is stored on the coast, it is known as blue carbon.
They protect the coast. A belt of mangroves gives the land behind it strong protection from floods and storms.
They hold the soil. Ecologi’s page says the planting will help to steady the soil.

Who does the planting

The project is run by Eden Reforestation Projects, a non-profit organisation. Eden hires local people to grow the trees, plant them and guard them until they are fully grown. It calls the approach “Employ to Plant”.

So the same work restores forest and gives villagers a fair wage as planters and forest guards. Ecologi reported in 2023 that the local community had taken the project to heart and was working hard to protect the mangroves.

The project on record

Ecologi now lists this project as “previously funded” and no longer takes contributions for it. Its page does not say when its funding started.

The page says Ecologi’s members were expected to fund 6 million mangrove trees at this site over the life of the project. That was a forecast. The page does not give a dated count of trees planted, so we do not quote one.

What it does record is a visit. Earlier in 2023 the site was in the path of Cyclone Freddy, a very strong storm that hit parts of Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi. Ecologi’s team found the mangroves undamaged. The main loss was that the wind blew away many propagules, the seed-like shoots that some mangroves grow from, which made it harder to collect them for planting. Tall trees and buildings in the village were brought down, but the mangroves helped to stop the damage being worse.

Earlier in 2023The site is in the path of Cyclone Freddy.
May 2023Ecologi staff visit Irregele Milato and find the young mangroves healthy and growing quickly.
June 2023Ecologi publishes its report of the visit. This is the last update on its page.

How the project is checked

We do not choose or run the projects ourselves. They are selected by Ecologi, and this one carries its “Nature Project Ecologi Approved” mark. Ecologi’s own staff visited the site in May 2023, and its page links to a map of the planting site on a platform called Restor.

Ecologi also keeps a public record of what each of its members has funded, so our contribution can be checked by anyone. The link is in the project details below.

What Printlogik has funded here

Through the Print A Tree Project, Printlogik orders have funded 120 trees at Irregele Milato.

Because Ecologi no longer takes contributions for this project, that figure is our final count here. Every order we print still funds planting: the contribution is made for you through Ecologi and goes to the projects it is funding today.

How your order gets here

You order printAny order, of any size. There is nothing to tick and nothing extra to pay.
We make a contributionEach invoice triggers a contribution from Printlogik to Ecologi.
Trees go in the groundEcologi funds projects like this one, and records what we have funded in public.

The UN global goals it supports

The United Nations has set 17 Sustainable Development Goals for a fairer, healthier planet by 2030. Ecologi records this project as supporting 10 of them.

1No poverty
2Zero hunger
3Good health and well-being
4Quality education
5Gender equality
8Decent work and economic growth
10Reduced inequalities
11Sustainable cities and communities
13Climate action
15Life on land

Where it is

Irregele Milato, Mozambique · 17.8°S, 36.9°E

Location	Irregele Milato, Mozambique
Type of project	Mangrove planting
Run by	Eden Reforestation Projects
Status	Previously funded. Ecologi no longer takes contributions for it
Funded by Printlogik	120 trees
Full record	See it on Ecologi

Questions

Mangroves in Mozambique, answered

Where is the Irregele Milato project?

In the Quelimane District of Zambezia Province, on the coast of Mozambique, on the eastern side of Africa.

What is being planted?

Mangroves: small coastal trees that grow along tropical and subtropical shores.

Why plant mangroves and not other trees?

Mangroves store a lot of carbon in their roots, hold the soil in place and protect the coast from floods and storms.

Who plants the trees?

Local people employed by Eden Reforestation Projects, a non-profit. They grow, plant and guard the trees.

Did the cyclone destroy the trees?

No. Ecologi visited in May 2023, after Cyclone Freddy, and found the mangroves undamaged. Many propagules were blown away, which made collecting them for planting harder.

Is the project still running?

Ecologi lists it as previously funded, so it is no longer taking new contributions through Ecologi. The last update Ecologi published for it is from June 2023.

How does my print order help?

Every Printlogik order funds tree planting and carbon reduction through Ecologi, at no extra cost to you. Printlogik orders funded 120 trees at this project while it was open. New orders fund the projects Ecologi supports today.