{"id":40785,"date":"2025-02-03T09:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.profonanpe.org.pe\/?p=40785"},"modified":"2025-02-03T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:06:08","slug":"maravilla-manglar-a-commitment-to-the-mangroves-of-tumbes-and-blue-carbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/maravilla-manglar-una-apuesta-por-los-manglares-de-tumbes-y-el-carbono-azul\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abMaravilla Manglar\u00bb, a bet for the Mangroves of Tumbes and blue carbon."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photography: Sebast\u00ed\u00e1n Mariscal - Profonanpe<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMaravilla Mangrove\u201d seeks <\/span><b><i>to make visible the conservation efforts of the Tumbes Mangroves. <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And, in order to protect biodiversity in this ecosystem<\/span><b>,<\/b><b><i> the \u201cCreation of a Regional Conservation Area (RCA) Manglares de los Tumpis\u201d is being promoted to add more territories of life. <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These actions are led by the Regional Government of Tumbes, Consorcio Manglares Noroeste del Per\u00fa (CONMANOPE), ECOAN, Profonanpe and the Conserva Aves initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Presence of blue carbon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Tumbes Mangroves, recognized as the last mangroves located in the South Pacific,<\/span><b><i> store a large amount of blue carbon<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">; which is fundamental to have a healthy ecosystem, due to its <\/span><b><i>climate change mitigation function<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBlue carbon is sequestered by coastal marine ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes. It contributes up to four times what a terrestrial tree sequesters and up to ten times in the case of carbon storage.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, said Eli Ramos, CONMANOPE's blue carbon specialist. The ecosystem needs to be preserved because of its natural richness and its role in the fight against climate change, and also because it symbolizes a <\/span><b><i>source of diversity and jobs for the communities in the area.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The Maravilla Mangrove bet<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to take full advantage of the benefits offered by the ecosystem, the purpose of the project that CONMANOPE is implementing is to<\/span><b><i> creation of an RCA<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to contribute to the regional development of Tumbes. The Conserva Aves initiative has facilitated monitoring to identify and evaluate the fauna, flora, and biological resources of the ecosystem, allowing for the development of a baseline of economic, social, and environmental importance. To achieve this work, <\/span><b><i>training was provided to facilitate the work of various local organizations and specialists in the ecosystemic study of mangroves.<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Based on the results obtained and the importance of the area, the creation of the Regional Conservation Area is proposed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40826 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/manglares.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/manglares.webp 734w, https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/manglares-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photography: Sebast\u00ed\u00e1n Mariscal - Profonanpe<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To achieve its goals, the Conserve Aves initiative supports the leadership of the <\/span><b><i>Regional Government of Tumbes and CONMANOPE<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who share the <\/span><b><i>objective of maintaining and conserving living territories.<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The same is true for other partners involved in the area, such as the <\/span><b><i>National University of Tumbes,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which presents itself as an organism willing to <\/span><b><i>do research on mangrove resources.<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This collaborative work allows the project to contribute to the fulfillment of SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and marine resources, as well as the COP16 goal: Protect coastal and marine ecosystems. Maravilla Mangrove represents an opportunity to <\/span><b><i>to continue preserving the ecosystem of Los Manglares de Tumbes<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, The presence of blue carbon, which in its recognition and impact will be beneficial for the populations surrounding the ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For further details on the progress of the project, please contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 14pt\">Henrry Preciado<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Project coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:hpreciado@consorciomanglares.pe\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hpreciado@consorciomanglares.pe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">943092764<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 14pt\">Consortium Manglares del Noroeste del Peru\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consorciomanglares.pe\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/consorciomanglares.pe\/<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@consorciomanglares.pe\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">info@consorciomanglares.pe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotograf\u00eda: Sebast\u00ed\u00e1n Mariscal &#8211; Profonanpe &nbsp; \u201cMaravilla Manglar\u201d busca visibilizar los esfuerzos de conservaci\u00f3n de los Manglares de Tumbes. Y, para proteger la biodiversidad en este ecosistema, se impulsa la \u201cCreaci\u00f3n de un \u00c1rea de Conservaci\u00f3n Regional (ACR) Manglares de los Tumpis\u201d para sumar m\u00e1s territorios de vida. Estas acciones son lideradas por el Gobierno [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}