Montecristi Living Lab, Dominican Republic

The Resilient Coasts – Caribbean Sea project is implementing a living lab in Montecristi, Dominican Republic, to address hydrological degradation and salinization of mangroves in El Morro National Park. The initiative integrates ecological restoration with the creation of sustainable business models and climate finance mechanisms to protect against storms, support biodiversity, and capture carbon. The project intends to produce a national resilience blueprint and a scalable framework for nature-based solutions that can be replicated across the Caribbean.

• The Montecristi Living Lab focuses on rehabilitating mangroves within the El Morro National Park to restore their functions as carbon sinks, breeding grounds for marine species, and natural storm barriers, thereby increasing the resilience of local ecosystems and communities.
• The project employs a multidisciplinary approach that combines ecological rehabilitation with the development of climate finance mechanisms and sustainable business models, with the goal of strengthening local livelihoods and capacity.
• The expected outcomes of the initiative include the physical rehabilitation of mangroves, the creation of a scalable business and climate-finance framework for nature-based solutions, and the development of a national resilience blueprint containing strategies for replication.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2026). Montecristi Living Lab, Dominican Republic. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/260218-resilient-coasts-2510x-03.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Montecristi Living Lab, Dominican Republic. 2026. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/260218-resilient-coasts-2510x-03.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2026montecristi, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Montecristi Living Lab, Dominican Republic}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/260218-resilient-coasts-2510x-03.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }