Mountains to Mangroves

Mountains to Mangroves A landmark nature and climate initiative for the Eastern Himalayas. Live now: Mountains to Mangroves Atlas

30/09/2026

Without fruiting trees in the forest, wild animals were increasingly entering villages in search of food.

Passang and the local community are working to change that. By planting native species such as Pauli, Kaula, and Katus, they are restoring vital habitats, supporting natural ecosystems, and ensuring humans and wildlife can co-exist together.
When we restore forests, we help restore natural infrastructure that wildlife and communities depend on.

22/09/2026

Most people view the high peaks of the Himalayas and coastal areas downstream as entirely separate worlds. But nature doesn’t operate in silos.
What happens at high elevations directly shapes coastal ecosystems far downstream. The water, soil, and life flowing through the Eastern Himalayas link mountain forests, river basins, and coastal zones into a single, continuous lifeline.

You can't protect one without restoring the other.

That is why the initiative matters. Rather than planting trees in isolated pockets, this landscape-scale initiative restores and protects the entire Eastern Himalayan region from mountains to mangroves. Safeguarding the highlands secures vital freshwater sources, empowers local communities, and shields fragile coastal ecosystems for generations to come.

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20/09/2026

Returning to the landscape once again, driven purely by an enduring love for the natural world.

The Eastern Himalayas remind us that nature recognises no boundaries. The snowmelt from high mountain canopies feeds the winding river basins below, carrying life, nutrients, and stability all the way to the coastal mangrove forests along the tide line.

Taking a perspective means recognising and protecting these connections across the landscape.. Restoring degraded environments from the highest peaks to the ocean's edge heals a continuous ecosystem securing freshwater supplies, supporting local community stewards, and protecting vulnerable wildlife across elevations. 

When landscapes are safeguarded as a whole, nature recovers its natural rhythm.

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17/09/2026

Farming wasn’t always this way.

Mandesh Tamang grew up practicing traditional, organic farming, where soil, water, and forests worked in balance. But with rising demand and changing times, chemical fertilizers took over. Yields rose briefly, but the long-term cost was severe, degraded soil, dying trees, and drying water sources.

With support from ATREE communities are now returning to these time-tested practices, reviving soil health, restoring water systems, and rebuilding a more sustainable way of farming.
His message is clear: protect nature, and it will sustain generations to come.


Our partners: Conservation International ATREE Bhutan Ecological Society Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation FRIENDSHIP TERI Red Panda Network ICON Fellowship VNV • Value Network Ventures"

15/09/2026

Restoration isn’t just about landscapes, it’s about people.
In the Darjeeling hills, Sanjeeb Pradhan, Senior Project Manager from , and his team are working across 17,000 hectares under the Mountains to Mangroves initiative, reviving ecosystems through community-led solutions, restoring water sources, and supporting local livelihoods.
With drying springs, erratic rainfall, and growing infrastructure pressures, these landscapes are under strain. Yet, through collective action, degraded corridors are being restored.
Because when communities lead, restoration lasts.

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10/09/2026

"Climate change is no longer distant, It’s already reshaping lives.

In the hills, Tshering Dorjee Bhutia, Senior Agriculture Associate at ATREE shares how shifting seasons, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures are impacting water, soil, and livelihoods.

In response, communities are adapting, stabilising slopes with bamboo and broom grass, restoring soil health, and diversifying plantations with indigenous and climate-resilient species.
Because adapting today means securing tomorrow, for both people and the land they depend on.

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Our partners: Conservation International ATREE Bhutan Ecological Society Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation FRIENDSHIP TERI Red Panda Network ICON Fellowship VNV • Value Network Ventures"

08/09/2026

In Darjeeling,Tenzing sherpa works with ATREE and to protect vital wildlife corridors, connecting national parks and sanctuaries across the Eastern Himalayas. Through plantation of sustainable fruit trees, forests are healthier, and wildlife stays within forest boundaries, reducing conflict with communities.

When nature corridors are alive, animals move safely, farms flourish, and local livelihoods grow.
This is conservation that works for nature and people, step by step, together.

Through , forests, wildlife, and communities all get the right to thrive.

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06/09/2026

From snow leopards roaming glacial peaks to red pandas hidden in cloud forests, the Eastern Himalayas host one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth.

Glacial meltwater fuels these lush, high-altitude ecosystems before travelling thousands of miles to nourish coastal deltas. Every species, big or small, relies on this delicate frozen engine remaining intact.

Mountains to Mangroves partners directly with native communities to safeguard these wildlife corridors and restore native ecosystems from summit to sea.

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03/09/2026

In Sukhai, L Awoto Awomi works with his community to protect their forests, mapping boundaries, using camera traps, and training others to safeguard wildlife. Together, they care for their Community Conserved Area, where birds and animals are slowly coming back.

For Awoto, this work is for the next generation.
The forest and the community are inseparable.
Through , communities are protecting what remains and restoring what was lost.

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