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HondurasSea level rise

Mangrove restoration to strengthen coastal adaptation in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras

Faced with rising sea levels and coastal erosion in the Gulf of Fonseca, the Red de Jóvenes en Acción por el Clima (REDJAC), a youth organization from San Lorenzo, participated together with CODDEFFAGOLF in the project “Youth for the Gulf: Our Home, Nuestro Futuro”, with support from Little Guardians Foundation (Colombia). They planted 1,000 mangrove propagules, an ecosystem that protects the coast against storms and tides, and held environmental education workshops in coastal and island communities.

Measure: Coastal area
Territory: Gulf of Fonseca mangroves
Youth participation: REDJAC, a youth organization based in San Lorenzo that encourages young people to lead environmental projects and campaigns, planted 1,000 mangrove propagules. In addition, he participated in workshops on social resilience in the face of the climate crisis, community work and youth leadership.

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BrazilSea level rise

Adaptive management of Amazonian mangroves by extractive youth in the face of rising sea levels on the coast of Pará

Rede Cuíra is a collective of 13 youth groups, with around 60 black and indigenous young people from 14 Extractive Reserves and 1 Environmental Protection Area on the coast of Pará, which organizes extractive youth in the defense and traditional management of Amazonian mangroves against the advance of the sea and coastal erosion. Through the project "Voltando às minhas raízes" (Fundo Brasil), it has already trained 40 young leaders and reached 584 people directly and 1,168 indirectly in 21 communities.

Measure: Coastal area
Territory: Amazonia
Youth participation: The network operates horizontally between the 13 youth groups: young people from different Resex meet at the Mangrove Youth Conferences to exchange experiences and build the network's action plan together, instead of receiving it ready-made from outside. Each Resex maintains its own local young leadership, such as Erivelton Nascimento Chaves (Soure) and Gê Monteiro (Mestre Lucindo).

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MexicoSea level rise

Strengthening coastal capacities and resilience through mangroves in Río Lagartos, Yucatán

In Río Lagartos (Yucatán), in the face of rising sea levels and coastal vulnerability, the Raíces project (WWF Mexico and UNDP Mexico) articulates the protection and restoration of mangroves with the strengthening of community capacities. In this framework, 150 primary, secondary and high school students participated in the Environmental Challenge, designing local mangrove conservation proposals for climate resilience and receiving the Resilience Badge.

Measure: Ecosystem restoration
Territory: Tropical dry forests
Youth participation: Youth act as key agents in the community protection of mangroves within the Raíces project, promoted by WWF Mexico and UNDP Mexico. Through the Environmental Challenge in three local schools, 150 students were trained as ecological stewards and designed local adaptation and resilience initiatives.

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MexicoSea level rise

Community mangrove restoration with a gender perspective in Yucatán, Mexico

In Chelem, Progreso (Yucatán), in the face of rising sea levels and coastal erosion, the intergenerational community brigade "Las Chelemeras" implements ecological restoration of mangroves with leadership of young women. Through manual opening of hydrological channels, clearing and reforestation of black mangrove, they recovered more than 50 hectares of ecosystem that function as a natural coastal protection barrier for the fishing community.

Measure: Ecosystem restoration
Territory: Tropical dry forests
Youth participation: The intergenerational women's brigade has young leadership: Leslie Daniela Ruiz Hernández received the 2024 Youth Merit Award for this project. The youngest members take on the heavier manual tasks, such as opening channels and removing sediment.

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MexicoSea level rise

Planned relocation and community support in the face of sea level rise in El Bosque, Tabasco

Faced with rising sea levels and coastal erosion in El Bosque (Tabasco), the youth organization Nuestro Futuro A.C., made up of young women, accompanied the community legally and socially in the process that culminated in 2024 with the first official climate relocation in Mexico: 51 families were moved to safe homes. The case positioned climate displacement on the national and international adaptation agenda.

Measure: Infrastructure
Territory: Tropical moist forests
Youth participation: Nuestro Futuro A.C., made up mostly of young women, has legally supported the relocation of El Bosque. Community youth leaders have also emerged that defend their rights and participate in national and international advocacy spaces, such as the IACHR and ADAPTAMX.

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