# ClimeCo, YAKOPI and PUR Projet Announce Partnership for Mangrove Restoration Project in Indonesia

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- Published: 2022-04-05T09:28:12-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

## **_Boyertown, PA – April 4, 2022 _**

[ClimeCo](https://climeco.com/), a leader in the development and management of environmental
commodities, today announces a partnership with YAKOPI (Yayasan Konservasi Persisir
Indonesia) and PUR Projet for the reforestation of vital mangroves in the Aceh and
North Sumatra Regions of Indonesia.

Mangroves sequester three to five times the amount of carbon as regular forests.
Indonesia is home to over 20% of the world’s mangroves. In the last three decades,
roughly 40% of Indonesia’s mangroves have been lost due to shrimp and fish aquaculture,
leaving many former shrimp ponds abandoned and local communities with little access
to economic opportunities. The North Sumatra region has lost 60% of its pristine
mangroves due to aquaculture, putting coastal resilience, biodiversity, and wildlife
habitats at enormous risk. Aquaculture isn’t the only culprit in the loss of mangroves;
in the Aceh region, a substantial amount of its mangroves were lost due to a tsunami
in 2004.

[ClimeCo](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/04/5-ways-to-save-money-on-energy-costs/)
will fund the reforestation of these mangroves by selling the resulting third-party
verified carbon credits and implementing the project through their local partnerships
with YAKOPI and PUR Projet. Moreover, this investment will support gender-equitable
employment, ecosystem services payment to local communities, ecotourism business
development, and a pilot program for locals to implement silvofisheries- a form 
of sustainable aquaculture that integrates planting and maintenance and protection
of mangrove forests in aquaculture ponds.

“The improved livelihoods of the local communities and the long-term success of 
this [mangrove](https://greenlivingguy.com/2025/10/wind-turbine-community-project-in-rock-port-missouri/)
reforestation project are interdependent- with the support of our partnerships, 
this project has all the right elements to achieve both,” says ClimeCo Program Development
Manager David Chen.

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## Carbon Offsetting

Participants in the voluntary carbon markets are becoming more aware of the environmental,
social, and economic co-benefits of mangrove reforestation/conservation projects.
Moreover, the demand for these carbon offsets is accelerating.

“For years, clients have looked for ways to support carbon emission reductions in
the oceans.  Mangrove projects offer a locally beneficial, third party verified,
registry approved method to do so,” says ClimeCo Vice President, Voluntary Markets
Dan Linsky.

ClimeCo has witnessed substantial, diverse, global interest in the purchase of mangrove
[projects from its carbon offset](https://greenlivingguy.com/2025/11/company-emission-offset-projects-explained-in-detail/)
buyers. Therefore, ClimeCo has transacted hundreds of thousands of mangrove-derived
voluntary CO2e reductions so far in 2022.

Such interest is grounded in corporate and consulting staff recognition. That’s 
of the charismatic, abundant, substantial, and important co-benefits of mangrove
projects. From shoreline protection to habitat restoration, generating new jobs 
to rebuilding food supplies, the seemingly endless list of [mangrove](https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/05/the-power-of-wetlands-and-mangroves-as-carbon-sinks/)
restoration impacts in addition to carbon capture and storage has been very moving
to carbon offset purchasers. These benefits represent why ClimeCo is approaching
this project and so many of its past projects with enthusiasm. These projects are
more than just carbon reductions; we are looking to go beyond.

## About our Partners:

 * YAKOPI is a local Indonesia group working to restore mangroves and provide employment
   opportunities for local women and youth. Directed by Eling Tuhono, YAKOPI are
   experts and local leaders in mangrove restoration. They will be responsible for
   managing many logistical aspects of the program on the ground.
 * PUR Projet is a certified B Corporation that specializes in designing and implementing
   agroforestry projects. In addition to nature-based solutions, and sustainable
   supply chain interventions. As an on-the-ground project developer, PUR Projet
   will manage components of the carbon offset certification. They will also help
   navigate local culture/politics and advise on reforestation efforts.

## **About ClimeCo**

ClimeCo is a respected advisor, transaction facilitator, and trader of environmental
commodity market products and related services. We specialize in voluntary carbon,
regulated carbon, renewable energy credits, plastics credits, and regional criteria
pollutant trading programs.  Complimenting these programs is a team of professionals.
Their skills focus on providing sustainability program management services and developing
and financing of GHG abatement and mitigation systems.

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