Oceanic Fuel Solutions is delighted to announce that it is partnering with Ecofriend World, the engagement platform of the Worldview Impact Foundation, by supporting the Mangrove Restoration project at the Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park in the Irrawaddy Delta Region of Myanmar.
As part of the partnership, Ecofriend World has named one of its forests in the Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park after Oceanic Fuel Solutions, following the company outlining its plans to take action to offset CO2 emissions from its future global business operations.
The Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park, which is situated between the 32° North and 38° South latitudes of the equatorial belt, is one of the most important climate parks and plays a crucial role in the fight against climate change. From 2015 to the present day, more than nine million Mangrove trees have been planted with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme and other strategic partners.
In order to celebrate the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on 26 July 2020, Oceanic Fuel Solutions will share a video at 9am (London Time) to support Mangrove Ecosystem Regeneration and invite everyone to share why it’s ‘Time for Nature’.
The Founder & CEO of Worldview Impact Foundation, Dr. Bremley W. B. Lyngdoh, said: “The main goal is to engage companies to restore the balance on Earth by planting one billion Mangrove trees within the next ten years in different countries to drawdown one billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere over a period of 20 years after planting.”
Brett Genus, COO at Oceanic Fuel Solutions, commented: “Climate change continues to gain speed. With the COVID-19 crisis, which put our lives on hold and caused numerous tragedies, we were given some insight on how the planet could heal itself if we just let it breathe for a while. Many of us saw the posts on social media platforms showing animals relocating to their former territories, which were taken away from them by humans. Even the air and water quality of some cities seem to have improved and global CO2 emissions dropped by 10% during the lockdown. These images helped to raise environmental awareness and increased our faith in the possibility of a cleaner world in the future.
“We create clean fuel from the ocean for developing countries, but the battle against climate change is actually fought by those living around the equatorial belt; and their biggest supporters in this fight are the Mangrove trees. This is the actual reason for choosing Myanmar and the Mangrove trees for the creation of our own forest.
“The Mangrove trees are one of the main actors in the fight against climate change. To support the restoration and protection of the marine ecosystem there, we are creating our own forest in the Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park, named after the Nobel Prize winner Thor Heyerdahl. Our goal is not only to neutralise our carbon footprint, but also to raise awareness and inspire other companies to help heal the lungs of our planet while doing so. Since the Mangrove trees fulfil six of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, they contribute immensely to our planet’s health.”
Here are the links to the social media accounts of the project management team:
• https://twitter.com/bremley_lyngdoh
Here are the links to the social media accounts of the project partners:
• https://www.instagram.com/worldviewimpact
• https://twitter.com/WorldviewImpact
• https://www.instagram.com/ecofriend.world
• https://www.twitter.com/Ecofriendworld
