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2025 marked a pivotal year for the Mangrove Breakthrough—one defined by momentum, scale, and growing global alignment behind the urgent need to protect and restore the world’s mangroves.
Over the course of the year, the Mangrove Breakthrough secured endorsements from 12 governments at the national, state, and municipal levels, including major mangrove nations such as Mexico and Brazil. At the same time, we advanced the financial architecture required to mobilize $4 billion to protect and restore 15 million hectares of mangroves by 2030—a critical step toward turning ambition into action.
This progress, and the partnerships that made it possible, are captured in the 2025 Impact Report, which highlights advances across the Mangrove Breakthrough’s core pillars: finance, policy, project pipelines, communications, and global convening.
On the finance front, 2025 was about laying the groundwork for transformational investment. We announced the Mangrove Catalytic Facility, initiated development of the Mangrove Transition Bond Series, and published a suite of practical How-To guides designed to help governments, financial institutions, and project developers unlock the full potential of mangrove investment. Together, these efforts move mangroves closer to becoming a mainstream, investable climate and nature solution.
Government engagement also accelerated. In addition to welcoming 12 new endorsements, the Mangrove Breakthrough’s NDC Taskforce published a series of guidance documents on integrating mangroves into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). A dedicated webinar series supported countries in translating this guidance into action.
The results are tangible: to date, 11 endorsing governments have included mangroves in their NDCs, reinforcing the role of mangroves as a proven solution for climate mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity.
In 2025, the Mangrove Breakthrough launched its pilot and first cohort call, identifying and partnering with projects aligned with our global goals. In partnership with Restor, we began mapping community-led mangrove projects worldwide, enabling science-based impact tracking of biodiversity, carbon, water, and mangrove extent and change.
We also developed Regional Readiness Reports—strategic tools authored by global and regional experts to identify barriers, opportunities, and priority actions for accelerating mangrove protection and restoration in key regions.
Our communications efforts expanded significantly. We launched a new website alongside LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube channels to share progress, insights, and stories from across the movement. Throughout the year, we published nine op-eds, and Mangrove Breakthrough was cited 148 times in leading media outlets in Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Colombia, and the Philippines—helping bring mangroves into the global climate and nature conversation.
Finally, 2025 was defined by a series of high-impact convenings that brought together leaders from government, finance, civil society, science, and communities.
The year began with national workshops in Mexico and Indonesia, which focused on building mangrove-positive project pipelines. From June to September, investor roadshows and regional workshops were held in nine cities across eight countries, accelerating engagement with public and private finance.
At the UN Ocean Conference, the Mangrove Breakthrough hosted high-level dialogues to advance country propositions and finance facilities, followed by a strategic team retreat in Colombia that sharpened our shared purpose, strategy, and long-term vision. Momentum continued through Ramsar COP15, New York Climate Week, and COP30 in Belém, where ministerial events and policy dialogues led to new endorsements from Brazilian states and national bodies, strengthened alignment across multilateral processes, and reinforced the Mangrove Breakthrough’s role as a global catalyst for large-scale, mangrove-positive action.
