A major blue carbon project in Mozambique has reached a significant milestone with the planting of 10 million mangrove trees across 1,300 hectares of coastal wetlands. The announcement was made at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, marking a critical step in one of the world’s most ambitious tidal ecosystem restoration efforts.
Aerial view of newly restored mangrove wetlands along the Mozambican coast, with lush vegetation and morning mist. AI generated picture.
The planting marks the completion of the first implementation phase of the MozBlue project, located in the Zambezi River Delta. The broader goal of the initiative is to restore 30,000 hectares of tidal wetland habitat by 2030. Over its planned 60-year lifetime, the project is expected to sequester more than 15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
The groundwork for the project involved 37 months of collaboration with 300 local communities and 20 partner organisations. During this time, Blue Forest secured land rights and established legal frameworks, including 60-year land-use agreements. ‘The project has created 1,300 local jobs to date and supports sustainable livelihoods through innovative programmes such as aquaculture, salt production, and access to clean water’, the company stated.
The MozBlue project is being delivered through a joint venture known as Summit Removall, formed in April between Blue Forest’s partner Removall, a French developer, and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation. This joint venture is both financing the first phase and managing the sale of the carbon credits it will generate.
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Summit Removall previously confirmed that the first phase will restore a total of 5,116 hectares and sequester nearly 2.5 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent. The project is being developed under Verra’s VM0033 methodology, which is designed specifically for tidal wetlands and seagrasses, and also adheres to the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) standard.
MozBlue is currently the second-largest blue carbon project globally, following the Delta Blue Carbon initiative in Pakistan. With its community-first model and long-term carbon sequestration goals, the project positions Mozambique as a key player in the growing market for blue carbon credits.
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