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Mangroves- natural heroes to combat climate change

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Mangrove planting, Sor Diagne, Saint Louis<br />

Impact<br />

How <strong>to</strong> calculate the carbon compensation?<br />

One mangrove tree<br />

sequesters 12.3 kg CO 2<br />

per year<br />

One hectar mangrove forest<br />

sequesters 33.600 kg CO 2<br />

per year<br />

A round trip from Berlin <strong>to</strong><br />

Senegal with one s<strong>to</strong>pover in<br />

Spain emits approx. 951 kg CO 2<br />

In order <strong>to</strong> compensate your flight,<br />

you would need <strong>to</strong> plant approximately 77 mangrove trees within a year.

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