UNESCO Doha launches the floating mangroves project
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UNESCO Doha, in partnership with Mourjan Marinas IGY and Lusail Real Estate Development Company recently announced a new project supporting the growth of floating mangroves at Lusail Marina.
The experiment is the first-of-kind to investigate the use of floating mangroves for ‘carbon sequestration’ – the capturing of carbon emissions. Floating mangroves can contribute to environmental wellbeing by reducing land based marine pollution through taking up potassium, nitrogen and phosphates.
Benno Boer, ecological sciences advisor for UNESCO Arab Region said: “Our floating mangroves experiment is totally unique and suggests an alternative method which has not yet grasped the attention of the climate change movement.”
The results of this experiment will help shape understanding on mitigating climate change as scientists will see if the floating mangroves have the potential to make a significant contribution to reducing atmospheric carbon levels.
He further added: “Floating mangroves can be developed into large-scale cash crop systems in the sub-tropical and tropical coastal oceans of the world, such as biofuel and livestock fodder, generating jobs, income and profit.”