About Mangrove Action Project:

Mangrove Action Project (MAP) was founded in 1992 upon thesame basic principles that MAP still abides by today:

MAP’s Mission: Partnering with mangrove forest communi-ties, grassroots NGOs researchers and local governments toconserve and restore mangrove forests and related coastalecosystems, while promoting community-based sustainablemanagement of coastal resources.

MAP’S Spotlights the continuing decline in mangrove forestsworldwide, reported at a rate of 1%, or around 150,000 ha,per year, which leaves less than half the original forestremaining! MAP works to reverse this dangerous trend via afive-pronged approach to long–term mangrove conservation.

Education/Awareness Raising – MAP’s MangroveCurriculum is now in schools in 11 nations in Latin America,the Caribbean, Oceania and Asia. This 300-page curriculum isbeing translated and adapted to each country’s local condi-tions and introduced through carefully planned TeacherTraining Workshops.

Collaboration - MAP is a global network involving over 500NGOs and 350 scientists from over 60 nations, partneringwith many local international grassroots organizations andcommunities.

Restoration/Conservation - MAP has several programsinvolving Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration(CBEMR) in the global South that emphasize the importanceof restoring the hydrology to allow natural reseeding to occur,which is vital for restoring the fuller depth of biodiversity andresilience of the mangrove ecosystem over time.

Advocacy - MAP’s ongoing public awareness/outreach cam-paigns include such noteworthy campaigns as the QuestionYour Shrimp Consumer/ Markets Campaign, Save BiminiIsland, Stop the Phulbari Coal Mine Disaster in Bangladesh,Save the Sundarbans and MAP’s well-known MangroveNews, which is now in its 18th year!

Community Based Coastal Resource Development -MAP’s alternative livelihoods training workshops are aug-menting local resource management and conservation skillswhile generating more eco-friendly income sources via sus-tainable development.

NOTE: Funds from the sale of these calendars will be used tohelp restore and conserve mangrove tidal forests, as well asraise awareness of the importance of mangroves for the pro-tection of coastal areas from erosion, storm surges and hur-ricanes. Mangroves also play a vital role in mitigating effectsof sea level rise and climate change, 5 times more effectivein storing carbon than tropical rainforests and storing thatcarbon for 100s of years in their peat soils.

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MAP is now accepting new artwork for our 2016 Calendar Children's Art Competition.Please visit MAP's website to find out the rules for entering this competition!

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India Brazil Singapore

Kenya Bangladesh USA

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2015 Dates to RememberJanuary 4 - Ogoni DayMarks the first day of the large scale public mobilization led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People inprotest against the degradation of their lands by Shell Oil in Nigeria. The Nigerian Government responded violently to themovement which resulted in the persecution of the Ogoni People during which time 30 villages were destroyed and 2,000civilians murdered.

January 13 - Gopal & Chandrakanta Mallick 1995These two fishermen were shot and killed in Orissa, India, by local police during a violent raid by the police in efforts toquell the protests at Adhuan village against a nearby shrimp farm which was illicitly destroying the nearby mangroveforest.

January 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. DayThe birth date of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr a famous leader of the African-American CivilRights Movement (1955-1968). In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for hiswork as a peacemaker, promoting non-violence and Desegregation towards equal treatment for different races. On April4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

January 30 - Jurin Ratchapol 2001A leader in the struggle to preserve the last of Phuket’s mangroves from being destroyed by the lucrative shrimp indus-try. Jurin was murdered while picking cashews near his village in 1991. A wealthy businessman and a shrimp farm work-er were arrested for his death. Today Jurin’s brothers & sisters carry on his conservation efforts.

April 15 - Holocaust Remembrance DayInternational commemoration of the millions of victims of Nazi Germany’s genocidal policies. The day marks the victims’efforts at resistance and raises awareness of continued efforts to battle hatred and anti-Semitism.

May 2 - Cyclone NargisCyclone Nargis was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (offi-cially known as Myanmar). The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destructionand at least 146,000 fatalities with thousands more people still missing. Damage is estimated at over $10 billion (USD),which made it the most damaging cyclone ever recorded in this basin.

July 26 - Mangrove Action DayIn 2000, July 26th was chosen as a day for promoting the need to take renewed international and local action to Savethe Mangroves. On this date in 1998 Hayhow Daniel Nanoto, a Greenpeace activist from Micronesia, died of a heartattack while involved in direct action to demolish an illegally built shrimp pond in Muisne, Ecuador. The campaign’s mis-sion, led by FUNDECOL and Greenpeace International, was to restore the land to its former state as a mangrove forest.In 2003, MAP and Red Manglar joined forces to encourage fisherfolk from around the world to join them on MangroveAction Day to protest against the destructive expansion of shrimp farming in their areas.

August 6 - Hiroshima DayThe anniversary of the first use of an atomic bomb on a human population. The nuclear weapon called Little Boy wasdropped on the city of Hiroshima by the USA against the Empire of Japan at the end of the Second World War. An esti-mated 140,000 people died from the explosion and associated effects.

August 9 - Nagasaki DayOn 9 August 1945 an American aircraft dropped a second atomic bomb over Japan in Nagasaki. 74,000 people werekilled and 75,000 others injured. Many people continue to suffer from the after-effects of theatomic bombing with incurable physical and mental wounds.

August 29 - Hurricane Katrina Hits Gulf Coast 2005In 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Atlantic coast of the USA and became the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanesin the history of the United States. It devastated cities in Louisiana and Mississippi and with subsequent flooding account-ed for 2,000 deaths and $81.2 billion of damage. The extensive loss of coastal wetlands was a major contributing factorfor the extensive flooding and destruction.

October 29 - Super Cyclone hits Orissa, India 1999Twin cyclones with winds of over 250 kph hit the northeast Indian state of Orissa, causing massive destruction. 12 mil-lion people were affected - 10,000 deaths and 1.8 million houses destroyed along with a significant portion of agricultur-al land and infrastructure. Shrimp farming on a massive scale had previously cleared coastal mangrove forest, whichwere a natural buffer, exposing the people and land to the direct force of the Super Cyclone.

November 7 - Korunamoyee Sardar 1990Korunamoyee Sardar was a leading woman protester against the encroachment of illegal shrimp farms into the areawhere she lived. She was murdered while leading a group of women against a hired mob of thugs who had come to evictthe poor from their land. She has since become a symbol of the fight for land rights and against shrimp farming amongthe landless people in Bangladesh. A monument has been built by villagers to commemorate her heroic efforts on thespot where she died at Harinkhola, Bangladesh in 1990

November 10 - Ken Saro-Wiwa 1995Prominent figure in the Ogoni peoples of Nigeria fight against the destruction of their land by Shell Oil. His role in the move-ment led to his arrest and conviction on trumped-up murder charges and his execution in 1995.

December 3 - Bhopal Tragedy Day 1984Frequently cited as the ‘world’s worst industrial disaster’ in which an accidental release of 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate(MIC) gas used to make pesticide from a Union Carbide plant, occurred in central Bhopal, India, resulting in the expo-sure of 500,000 people to the toxic chemical. The current death toll is estimated to stand at 20,000 including those killedin the initial explosion and subsequently of related illnesses. On average one person dies everyday from the effects.

December 22 - Chico Mendez 1988Chico Mendes (Francisco Alves Mendes Filho), was a Brazilian environmental activist who fought to stopthe logging of the Amazon Rainforest to clear land for cattle ranching. He founded a national union of rubber tappers inan attempt to preserve the profession and the rainforest. In 1988 he was murdered byranchers opposed to his activism.

December 26 - Remembrance Day for Victims of Tsunami 2004On 26 December 2004 an earthquake measuring 9.1 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.The tremor triggered a series of catastrophic waves that devastated the coastline across South and Southeast Asia. Anestimated 250,000 people lost their lives as a result.

Mangrove Action Project2015 Children’s Art Calendar

Thank you for supporting Mangrove Action Project as we cele-brate our upcoming 23rd Anniversary of MAP’s ongoing efforts toconserve and restore the world’s mangrove forest wetlands.

Again, this year we commemorate those efforts via this editionof inspiring children’s art in MAP’s 14th annual Children’sMangrove Art Contest for the 2015 Calendar. Let us all use thiscalendar as an inspiration to “set the date” to combat climatechange, as mangroves are one of our planet’s best defensesagainst global warming and rising sea levels! Also, mangroves arevital for our world fisheries, for the coral reefs and sea grass beds,

for sea turtles, manatees, the Bengal tigers and migratory shore-birds. And, of course for countless people who depend on man-groves for their lives and livelihoods.

Children participating in this annual art competition learn aboutthe incredible beauty and biodiversity of the mangroves. The stu-dents attempt to depict through their art what they have experi-enced on field trips to mangroves and in classroom studies.Children from mangrove nations entered our contest by answeringa simple, but intriguing question: “What do the mangroves meanto my community and myself?”

As usual, it was difficult to choose from among the beautifullycrafted works of children’s art. Over 2500 children participatedfrom a multitude of schools. Through the publication and distribu-tion of these beautiful calendars, MAP recognizes the greataccomplishment of these young artists. We wish to thank eachchild, their teachers and the associate non-governmental organi-zations that participated and promoted the project in schools dur-ing 2014. Their good work and dedicated efforts have helped pro-duce yet another attractive calendar for yet another Mangrove Year!

Thank You For Your Support!Featuring These Young Artists

FRONT COVER - THAILANDNattanicha Phetphuh Age: 12 years oldSchool Ban Saikaun

JANUARY - SEYCHELLESAdrian Barbe Age: 14 years oldSchool: Beau Vallon Secondary School.Organization: Global Vision International

FEBRUARY - EL SALVADORAna Yancy Martinez Age: 15 years oldSchool: Centro Escolar Las Mecitas.Organization: Asociacion Mangle/ Eco Viva

MARCH - MALAYSIALee Yue Tong Age: 10 years oldSchool: Nature Classroom.

APRIL - ECUADORRonmy Chila Barre Age: 12 years oldSchool: Escuela Unidad EducativaOrganization: C-CONDEM

MAY - INDIAA. Basheer 9th gradeSchool: P.N.M. SchoolOrganization: Centre for Research onNew International Economic Order

JUNE - BRAZILLays Rodrigues Age: 12 years oldSchool: Escola Paulo Sa

JULY - SINGAPORENatalie Lian Age: 8 years oldSchool: Lifelong Journey Education Centre.

AUGUST - BELIZECarissia Johana Gomez Age: 8 years oldOrganization: Blue Ventures Belize

SEPTEMBER - KENYAMasud Hasan Age: 10 years oldSchool Gazy Primary.Organization: Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute.

OCTOBER - BANGLADESHDibakar Biswas Age: 13 years oldSchool: Laudob Badamtala School

NOVEMBER - USAAriel Villanueva Age: 12 years oldSchool: Kapolei Middle School

DECEMBER - CHINACheng Hoi Lum Age: 9 years oldSchool: Nan Yuan. Primary School Shen Zhen.

For more informationplease visit our website at:

www.mangroveactionproject.orgor write to:

MAPPO Box 1854

Port Angeles, WA 98362-0279, U.S.A.

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Artist: Adrian Barbe, Seychelles, Age 14

JANUARY 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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New Years Day (US)

Global Family Day

Ogoni Day (Nigeria)

Gopal Mallick &ChandrakantaMallick - 1995

World Religion DayMartin Luther King Jr.

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Jurin Ratchapol2001

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Loss of key stopoversites in the mangroveforests, mud flats, seagrass beds and saltflats threatens variousmigratory bird specieswith extinction.

Artist: Ana Yancy Martinez, El Salvador Age 15

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World Wetlands Day

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President’s Day (US)

Valentine’s Day (US)

Mangroves are the“people’s supermarkets,”providing food, fuel

wood, lumber, medicines,tannins and otherimportant goods and

services.

Artist: Lee Yue Tong, Malaysia, Age 10

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World Forestry Day

World Water Day

InternationalWomen’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day (US)

HoliFestival of Colors

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International Day ofActions for Rivers

SPRING EQUINOX

Artist: Ronmy Chila Barre, Ecuador, Age 12

APRIL 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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World Health Day

Passover

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Good Friday (US)

Earth DayNational

Arbor Day (US)

HolocaustRemembrance Day

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Artist: A. Basheer, India, 9th Grade

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InternationalDay of Families

Memorial Day (US)

International Dayof BiologicalDiversity World Turtle Day

EndangeredSpecies Day

World MigratoryBird Day

Mother’s Day (US)

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World Day forCultural Diversity forDialogue andDevelopment

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Scientists theorizethat the earliestmangrove speciesoriginated in the

Indo-Malayan regionof SE Asia.

Artist: Lays Rodrigues, Brazil, Age 12

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WorldEnvironment Day

Father’s Day (US)

WorldOceans Day

SUMMER SOLSTICE

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Ramadan Begins(Muslim)

Artist: Natalie Lian, Singapore, Age 8

JULY 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

IndependenceDay (US)

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WorldPopulation Day

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MangroveAction Day

Artists: Carissia Johana Gomez, Belize, Age 8

AUGUST 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Hiroshima Day

Nagasaki Day

Hurricane KatrinaHits Gulf Coast 2005

International Day ofthe World’s

Indigenous People

SEPTEMBER 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Artist: Masud Hasan, Kenya, Age 10

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Labor Day (US)

International Day forPreservation of theOzone Layer

InternationalPeace Day World Maritime Day

World Rivers Day

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

Artist: Dibakar Biswas, Bangladesh, Age 13

OCTOBER 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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FULL MOON: 27Mahatma GandhiBorn 1869

World Teacher’s DayWorld Habitat Day

World Food DayColumbus Day (US)

Super Cyclone hitsOrissa, India

1999

United Nations Day

Ma’al Hijrah(Muslim)

Halloween (US)

Artist: Ariel Villanueva, USA, Age 12

NOVEMBER 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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International Dayof Tolerance

Ken Saro-Wiwa1995

Kurunamoyee Sadar1990

UniversalChildren’s Day

WorldFisheries Day

Thanksgiving Day(US)

Diwali (Hindi)

Veterans Day (US)

Artist: Cheng Hoi Lum, China, Age 9

DECEMBER 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Bhopal Tragedy Day1984

Human Rights Day

WildlifeConservation Day

Hanukkah Begins

Chico Menez - 1988WINTER SOLSTICE Christmas Day

Remembrance Dayfor Victims

of Tsunami 2004

New Year’s Eve