Gumbo Majubwa is the founder of Ambakofi, a Tanzanian NGO engaging in regenerative forestry and mangrove restoration. The word Ambakofi comes from the name of the native tree species in Tanzania. At the age of 24,  Gumbo was horrified to see the forest being cleared in his childhood home of Bagamoyo District, on the East coast of Tanzania.  This drove him to focus on conserving nature, first through studying at the Institute of Rural Development Planning in Dodoma and then working on a series of conservation initiatives.  In 2017 he joined the Kanthari International Institute for Social Change in Kerala, India, to study leadership for social change. It was this experience that led him to found Ambakofi.

Mangroves are coastal forests which absorb huge amounts of carbon in their roots and provide a vital ecosystem for many fish. Restoring and conserving them is an essential pillar in the effort to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

Ambakofi employ a Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) approach, pioneered by another beach partner Mangrove Action Project. We talk about Gumbo's background, CBEMR and the restoration work that is about to begin in the village of Ushongo Mabaoni, all funded by the Beach Collective.

To find out more about Ambakofi, visit their website: https://ambakofi.org/

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Christian is a co-founder of Plant Ecology Beyond Land (PEBL), a community interest company based in North Wales, UK. Christian has a background in Material Science and Sensor Technology and completed a PhD at the University of Manchester. 

At PEBL, Christian is leading the development of new methods of cultivating and monitoring seaweeds. To date the PEBL team has developed a Seaweed Hatchery where kelp seedlings are germinated and grown into juvenile seaweed plantlets before they are planted out to sea. PEBL has also developed environmental monitoring equipment such as programmable underwater cameras as well as light, flow and water quality sensors. This will help seaweed growers and environmental authorities to better understand the environmental impact of seaweed farming.

The Beach Collective will soon be launching a seaweed NFT representing a participating interest in a kelp farm we have leased off the south coast of Scotland. 

To whitelist for our seaweed NFT visit our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/beachtoken

To find out more about PEBL visit: https://www.plantsbeyondland.com/

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Barbz was the very first member of our global beach clean team. Barbz is an active crypto trader and found $BEACH via one of our social media competitions way back in August. You may recognise her from her upbeat beach clean videos. We discuss her career, her family, beach cleans, the Beach Dive Team, mangrove restoration, and her experience of the terrifying Typhoon Rai which hit Cebu hard in December. 

"Thank you so much for the Beach Community. It's a win win situation: we earn, but also we help the seas. We're so happy to be part of the community."

If you'd like to donate to the typhoon recovery we recommend Kids for Kids: https://paymongo.page/l/ktf-donate

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