Leveraging mangroves to advance climate action in Africa: Zooming in on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Samuel Appiah Ofori; Jean Huge; Setonde Constant Gnansounou; Arimatea C. Ximenes; Frederick Asante; M'koumfida Bagbohouna; Adrien Comte; Esmeralda Longepee; Kipkorir Sigi Lang'at; Salomao Olinda Bandeira; Derrick Omollo; Amarachi Paschaline Onyena; Kabari Sam; Amina Juma Hamza; Adel Zeggaf Tahiri; Daf Sehla Daft; Khady Diouf Goudiaby; Emmanuel Temitope Olatunji; Claire Gollety; Elie Antoine Padonou; Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126669

Leveraging mangroves to advance climate action in Africa: Zooming in on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Samuel Appiah Ofori, Jean Huge, Setonde Constant Gnansounou, Arimatea C. Ximenes, Frederick Asante, M'koumfida Bagbohouna, Adrien Comte, Esmeralda Longepee, Kipkorir Sigi Lang'at, Salomao Olinda Bandeira, Derrick Omollo, Amarachi Paschaline Onyena, Kabari Sam, Amina Juma Hamza, Adel Zeggaf Tahiri, Daf Sehla Daft, Khady Diouf Goudiaby, Emmanuel Temitope Olatunji, Claire Gollety, Elie Antoine PadonouFarid Dahdouh-Guebas

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Original language	English
Article number	126669
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Environmental Management
Volume	392
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126669
Publication status	Published - Sept 2025

Keywords

Adaptation
Climate action
Conservation
Mangrove-possessing countries
Mitigation
Restoration

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Ofori, S. A., Huge, J., Gnansounou, S. C., Ximenes, A. C., Asante, F., Bagbohouna, M., Comte, A., Longepee, E., Lang'at, K. S., Bandeira, S. O., Omollo, D., Onyena, A. P., Sam, K., Hamza, A. J., Tahiri, A. Z., Daft, D. S., Goudiaby, K. D., Olatunji, E. T., Gollety, C., ... Dahdouh-Guebas, F. (2025). Leveraging mangroves to advance climate action in Africa: Zooming in on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Journal of Environmental Management, 392, Article 126669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126669

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