{"id":7080,"date":"2021-06-05T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuicarefoundation.com\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:50:55","slug":"world-environment-day-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuicarefoundation.com\/de\/world-environment-day-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Today we\u2019re celebrating World Environment Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we\u2019re celebrating\u00a0World Environment Day<\/a>\u00a0and supporting the need for joint action to protect our planet.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme is restoring ecosystems, which calls for action to support the recovery of ecosystems which have been damaged or destroyed, as well as conserving those which are still intact. It focuses on the urgent need to reset our relationship with nature \u2013 from growing trees to making greener cities, changing diets, or cleaning up rivers and coasts. It also marks the launch of the\u00a0United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ecosystem restoration is at the heart of the TUI Care Foundation\u2019s project \u2018Making the Mangroves Matter\u2019 in the Dominican Republic. The project aims to restore mangrove forests and develop a management plan for the Manglares del Bajo Yuna National Park, which extends into the city of Sanchez. The park is the largest and most valuable, but also most threatened wetland in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

In partnership with\u00a0Global Nature Fund<\/a>,\u00a0BMZ<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0CEBSE<\/a>, the TUI Care Foundation is working with the park authorities to reduce the negative impacts of illegal logging and other unsustainable economic activities, by facilitating the restoration of 21 hectares of mangroves. Economic opportunities for people in adjacent communities are also being created using the park\u2019s ecosystem services, including the development of eco-businesses and eco-tourism friendly walking tours and kayaking trails that pass through the mangroves.<\/p>\n

The restoration process is in full swing. The mangrove tree planting production capacity of the nursery in nearby Arroyo Barri has been strengthened and is now managed by the local mayor’s office in collaboration with the provincial directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. \u00a0The „Las Garitas“ Mangrove Ecological Trail experience is ready for young people, educators and tourists to enjoy, and the culinary business initiative \u2018Alb\u00f3ndigas La Sanchera\u2019, managed by a group of local women, is in development.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re delighted that the project is already making a difference to:<\/p>\n