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The link between fishing cats & mangrove forest conservation

Community-driven efforts in South and Southeast Asia to protect the habitat

Mangrove forests are crucial to the health of the planet, gobbling up CO2 from the atmosphere and providing a home for a diverse array of species. But these rich habitats are under continual threat from deforestation and industry. 

Mangroves protect coastal communities from tsunamis, sequester carbon and are an essential source of fish. They’re also extremely vulnerable to deforestation, primarily from fish and shrimp farming. 

Ashwin Naidu’s Fishing Cat Conservancy offers local people conservation jobs and alternative livelihoods, such as monitoring fishing cats and reforesting mangroves in their own lands, and encourages global communities to offset their carbon footprints by helping restore this crucial ecosystem.

About Speaker Ashwin Naidu

Ashwin Naidu founded the Fishing Cat Conservancy to empower local people in South and Southeast Asia to help fishing cats and their globally critical mangrove habitat.

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