Problem
Over the past decades more than 90% of Madagascar’s native forests have been destroyed, displacing multiple animal species. Entire mangrove estuaries have also been lost, leaving the bare earth to wash into the sea, and upsetting the delicate balance of the marine ecosystem.
Our support
Green Future Project is working closely with our reforestation partner to replenish the mangrove population along the west coast estuaries. We are committed to planting hundreds of thousands of mangrove trees at the Mahabana Estuary, situated 65 kilometres south of the port city of Mahajanga. Mangroves have an enormous capacity for absorbing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, hence their critical importance for mitigating the effects of climate change.
Boutique Tricot collaborates with Green Future Project, an Italian Benefit Corporation and certified B Corp, that supports businesses on their sustainability journey.
The projects we support today
Every month, we voluntarily fund the planting of one mangrove in the Tana River
delta, Kenya, and the protection of 1.16 m² of forest in the Canandé Reserve,
Ecuador.
Tana River delta, Kenya
Along the Kenyan coast, we contribute to mangrove reforestation in the Tana River
delta. Mangroves are coastal ecosystems that store large amounts of carbon, protect
shorelines from erosion and provide habitat for fish, birds and many other species.
Canandé Reserve, Ecuador
In north-western Ecuador, we contribute to the protection of the Canandé Reserve,
which safeguards an area of rainforest in the Chocó, one of the most biodiverse
regions in the world and one under strong pressure from deforestation.
Projects we have supported in the past
We have also contributed to mangrove restoration in Madagascar, at Marovolavo
and Vilamatsa, both now completed.
This is a voluntary contribution to projects that aim to protect ecosystems and contribute to climate change mitigation. It does not constitute a claim of climate neutrality or an offset of Boutique Tricot's own emissions.
