Press Release: The Mangrove Breakthrough Investor Roadshow Comes to Bogota
9 Sept. 2025 - The Mangrove Breakthrough unveiled its plans at Bogota’s Cumbre Internacional de Sostenibilidad e Innovación Ambiental to transform the financial architecture needed to scale mangrove-positive investments.
As part of its goal to mobilize $4 billion to protect and restore 15 million hectares of mangroves by 2030, the Breakthrough aims to redirect capital from sectors driving degradation and channel it toward systemic transformation. Today’s finance roundtable is part of a six-month investor roadshow leading up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
“As things stand, 62% of mangrove loss is directly driven by human activity, and more than half of all mangrove ecosystems could collapse by 2030,” said Carlos Eduardo Correa Escaf, Colombia’s former Minister of Environment and the Mangrove Breakthrough’s Global Ambassador. “Securing the future of mangroves demands a fundamental shift in how we invest. Governments, financial institutions, NGOs, and frontline communities must come together to transform the way we do business.”
The Latin American and Caribbean region, which collectively hosts over a quarter of the world’s mangrove forests, is a priority region for the Breakthrough. Over half of the 40 national and subnational governments backing the initiative are based in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Colombian government was one of the early backers of the initiative, along with the department-level governments of Atlántico, Barranquilla, Bolivar, Cartagena, Cesar, Córdoba, and Sucre.
“Colombia has long been a leader in mangrove conservation and restoration, and we see it playing a pivotal role in driving the financial transformations needed to scale these efforts,” said Victoria Paz, Finance Lead at the Mangrove Breakthrough.
To accelerate investment, the Breakthrough is launching the Mangrove Transition Bond Series, a regional financing mechanism to channel capital into mangrove-positive businesses; an Accelerator & Technical Assistance Facility to improve project bankability and establish national investment platforms; a Digital Mapping and Monitoring Platform with Restor to centralize data and track impact; and curated Investment Showcases with Capital for Climate to connect verified projects with public, private, and philanthropic funding.
About the Mangrove Breakthrough
The Mangrove Breakthrough is a global movement to reshape how mangroves are valued, financed, and protected. It brings together governments, investors, civil society, and local communities to drive system-wide change by mobilizing $4 billion to secure the future of over 15 million hectares of mangroves by 2030. This isn’t just a conservation effort —it’s a blueprint for how nature can be integrated into global economic and climate systems.
The Breakthrough was launched at COP27 and brought together governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), researchers, and financiers to mobilize collectively around four actions, building off the guiding principles developed by the Global Mangrove Alliance.
1. Reduce net mangrove losses driven by humans to 0
2. Ensure long-term protection for 80% of remaining mangroves
3. Restore mangroves to cover at least half of all recent loss
4. Drive sustainable finance to existing mangrove extent
