The Tudor Creek Mangrove Restoration Project is a community-driven coastal restoration initiative located in Mombasa County, Kenya. The project focuses on restoring degraded mangrove ecosystems within Tudor Creek, an important estuarine landscape that supports biodiversity, protects shorelines, and sustains local livelihoods.

Mangrove forests along the Kenyan coast play a vital role in stabilizing coastal soils, improving water quality, storing carbon, and providing nursery habitats for fish and other marine species. However, sections of Tudor Creek have experienced degradation over time due to illegal harvesting of mangrove poles and firewood, as well as sediment runoff from surrounding land use activities. These pressures have reduced forest density in some areas and created exposed mudflats where mangroves once thrived.

The project aims to restore approximately 290 hectares of mangrove ecosystem across several locations within Tudor Creek. Restoration activities include protecting areas of healthy forest, directly planting mangroves in highly degraded zones, and conducting enrichment planting in moderately degraded areas to improve forest structure and ecological function.

The restoration work is led through a partnership between Accelerated Restoration Collaborative, Guardians of Nature & People, the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), and local Community Forest Associations. Community members play a central role in project implementation, participating in mangrove planting, monitoring activities, and long-term forest stewardship. This community-led approach ensures that restoration efforts are locally supported and sustainably managed.

Beyond ecological restoration, the project promotes sustainable management practices and long-term conservation of the mangrove landscape. Community scouts and forest rangers help protect restored areas from illegal harvesting and ensure that restoration gains are maintained over time. We are also working with an existing local apiculture project to increase the amount of beehives from 50 to 200. This will serve as a regenerative resource and serves to increase the pollination of mangroves.