At the COP27, the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) was launched with India as a partner.
It is an intergovernmental alliance that seeks to expand and hasten the progress towards conservation and restoration of mangrove ecosystems.
The five countries which have joined MAC are India, Australia, Japan, Spain, and Sri Lanka.
It will raise global awareness about the role of mangroves as a nature-based climate change solution and will ensure the rehabilitation of mangrove forests a global level.
Mangroves are distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical region of the world and are found in 123 countries.