Countries around the world are exploring nature-based solutions, which are strategies to promote sustainability of natural ecosystems. These projects protect the environment, but can also help mitigate climate change, protect indigenous rights and stimulate the economy, said Jennifer Turner, director of the Wilson Center's China Environment Forum. One important natural ecosystem are wetlands, such as mangrove forests, which can store as much as three to five times more carbon than tropical forests. "There are some Chinese NGOs that are working on mangrove protection in China and Southeast Asia, so trying to get lessons learned for this kind of bottom-up protection of mangroves. And I think you're going to see a lot more of that, the idea that across Asia the activists are coming together," Turner said in an interview with Full Frame host Mike Walter. Turner also pointed to mangrove protection in Kenya as another example. "There's a community there that they started restoring and about 140 mangroves. And they're the first community in the world that was able to sell them as carbon credits to companies," she said. "This is an interesting kind of model that I think we're going to start seeing replicated elsewhere." #features #fullframecgtn #sustainability #climatechange Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tablet or mobile https://cgtnamerica.vhx.tv/videos/hd-live-broadcasts Subscribe to CGTN America on YouTube Follow CGTN America: Twitter: @cgtnamerica Facebook: @cgtnamerica Instagram: @cgtnamerica TikTok: @newstoks This material is distributed by MediaLinks TV, LLC on behalf of CCTV. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.