Mangrove planting at Kandrany, Madagascar. Native mangroves, planted straight into the ground.

Native mangroves planted on a large stretch of damaged coast in the north-west of Madagascar, by local people employed to grow and guard them.

The mangrove planting project at Kandrany, Madagascar

Trees funded by Printlogik: 255
UN global goals supported: 10
Kandrany 2, Madagascar: 15.9°S, 45.6°E

In short

Where: The Kandrany 2 site on the north-west coast of Madagascar, near Mahajanga.
What: Replanting mangrove forest with native species. Ecologi now 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, shelter sea life and protect the coast from floods and storms.

Why Madagascar

Madagascar is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 400 kilometres off the coast of East Africa. It is the second largest island country in the world, after Indonesia. It is counted as a biodiversity hotspot, and more than 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth.

In recent years the island has lost vast areas of its original forest. Animals have been pushed out of their habitats, and local people have found it harder to farm and live on the land. On the coast, whole mangrove estuaries have gone, leaving bare earth to wash into the sea.

Why mangroves

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

They store carbon. Mangroves are very good at taking in carbon and holding it in their large root systems underground. Because it is stored on the coast, it is known as blue carbon. Ecologi’s page says coastal wetlands can hold five times as much carbon as tropical forests over the long term, mostly in deep soil.
They shelter sea life. Mangrove forests are home to a wide range of sea creatures that live in the shallows.
They protect the coast. Mangroves give the coastal area protection from floods and storms.

The site and the trees

The site is called Kandrany 2. It lies on the north-west coast of the island, near Mahajanga. It covers 2,700 hectares, and 1,900 of those hectares are suitable for mangroves. Ecologi says there is room for 38 million trees there.

The trees are native Madagascan mangroves. Ecologi names three species: Avicennia marina, Rhizophora mucronata and Ceriops tagal.

Mature mangrove trees produce propagules, which are young plants ready to grow. Planters put these straight into the ground, where they grow into new trees.

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 established. It calls the approach “Employ to Plant”.

So the work restores forest and provides paid jobs in the same place. Ecologi’s page does not say how many people are employed at Kandrany, so we give no figure.

What the record shows

Ecologi began supporting this site in 2021. It now lists the project as “previously funded” and no longer takes contributions for it.

Ecologi’s page for this project has no dated timeline. Its latest site update says Ecologi’s members had funded more than 8.8 million trees at Kandrany 2, but it does not say when that was counted. We pass the figure on with that warning. It should not be read as today’s total.

The same update describes a plan to keep funding planting here until 2031, or until the site is full. The page does not explain how that fits with the project now being listed as “previously funded”, and it does not say whether planting at the site is continuing.

How the project is checked

We do not choose or run the projects ourselves. They are selected and monitored by Ecologi, and this project carries the “Nature Project Ecologi Approved” mark on its Ecologi page.

Ecologi 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 255 trees at Kandrany. That is a very small part of a very large site, and we would rather say so plainly.

Ecologi no longer takes contributions for this project, so 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
5Gender equality
8Decent work and economic growth
10Reduced inequalities
13Climate action
14Life below water
15Life on land
17Partnerships for the goals

Where it is

Kandrany 2, Madagascar · 15.9°S, 45.6°E

Location	Kandrany 2, Madagascar
Type of project	Mangrove planting
Run by	Eden Reforestation Projects
Status	Ecologi supported it from 2021 and now lists it as previously funded, so it no longer takes new contributions
Funded by Printlogik	255 trees
Full record	See it on Ecologi

Questions

Mangroves at Kandrany, answered

Where is the Kandrany project?

On the north-west coast of Madagascar, near Mahajanga. Madagascar is an island country about 400 kilometres off the coast of East Africa.

What is being planted?

Native Madagascan mangroves. Ecologi names Avicennia marina, Rhizophora mucronata and Ceriops tagal.

How are the mangroves planted?

Planters use propagules, which are young plants produced by mature mangrove trees. They are planted straight into the ground.

Why plant mangroves and not other trees?

Mangrove forests store a great deal of carbon, give sea life somewhere to live, 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.

Is the project still running?

Ecologi lists it as previously funded, so it is no longer taking new contributions through Ecologi. Its page does not give dated planting figures for this site.

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 255 trees at this project while it was open. New orders fund the projects Ecologi supports today.