Over 22,500 hectares of land taken up for mangrove restoration under MISHTI scheme, 85% of area in Gujarat

The Union government has taken up about 22,560 hectares of land to restore and conserve mangroves under the Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI) initiative over the past two years.

Almost 85% of land, measuring 19,220 hectares, under the scheme has been acquired in Gujarat alone.

MISHTI was announced in the Union Budget for 2023-24 and was launched on June 5, 2023 to restore and promote mangroves as a unique, natural ecosystem and for preserving and enhancing the sustainability of the coastal habitats.

The objective of MISHTI is to restore mangrove forests by undertaking mangrove reforestation/afforestation measures along the coast of India, states Government of India.

The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change in response to a question in the Lok Sabha in August 2025 pointed out that an area of 22,560.34 hectares has been taken up through convergence across 13 States/UTs for plantation and restoration of degraded mangroves in the year 2023-24 and 2024-25 under the scheme.