A Race we must win
We are planting 10,000,000 mangroves for the Malizia Mangrove Park
This amount is still missing
4,998,834 Mangroven
(As of October 22, 2026)
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Boris Hermann with Team Malizia
Boris Herrmann is Germany’s most famous sailor. In the first half of 2027, he and his team will compete for the second time in The Ocean Race, the most important team regatta in international sailing. In the fall of 2028, he will compete for the third time in the Vendée Globe, the world’s toughest single-handed race.
Together with the Mama Earth Foundation, he and his team launched the Malizia Mangrove Park in Mati, Davao Oriental, in the Philippines in mid-2020. Thanks to donations, over five million mangroves have now been planted there. The park is thus making an enormously important contribution towards restoring the ecosystem, providing a better income for local residents, and the mangroves sequester large amounts of climate-damaging CO2.
You donate, we plant
Donate mangroves
Every mangrove counts for our unique Malizia Mangrove Park. The price of 0.33 euros for a mangrove covers collecting the seeds, growing the saplings in the nurseries and exposing the mangroves.
We have prepared for donations: 20 euros = 60. 50 euros = 150 or 100 euros = 300 mangroves.
In the meantime, the mangroves in the Philippines are under nature protection, because they are the most important ecosystem in the world alongside the rainforest. An intact mangrove belt not only provides breeding areas for fish, but also food for birds and reptiles, fish and crabs. At the same time, a mangrove belt protects the coral reefs and the shore from erosion. Strong storm tide waves are also reduced.
News
Mangroves: Life in plastic, not so fantastic
Have you ever played the party game where you draw random words out of a hat and you need to make up a coherent story with those words? Well the story I am about to tell might remind you of that. This is the story of mangroves, plastic sachets, chairs, and rice.
Malizia Mangrove Park Reaches 2 Million Mangroves & Launches New Subscription
By surpassing its goal of 2 million mangroves, the Malizia Mangrove Park has reached another significant milestone in its efforts to turn the tide, protect mangrove forests, and positively impact climate change. Building on this achievement, the team now sets its sights on a new target of restoring 5 million mangroves and the launch of its mangrove subscription.
A Race We Must Win – Malizia Song
Sing with us the Malizia Song, a powerful anthem for a greener world. Let its melody inspire change and draw attention to the urgent need for action. Listen now on YouTube and help spread the message—together, we can make a difference!
Energy Self-Sufficiency
The yacht is propelled solely by the wind in its sails. To power the onboard communication and safety-critical equipment, Solbian Solar’s 1.3-kW solar panels and two Sea-Hydro generators—which harness the flow of water—generate the necessary energy. As a result, many transoceanic voyages have been completed in recent years without the use of fossil fuels. In the coming years, the team will strive to do the same.
Boris Herrmann – Patron of the Malizia Mangroves Park
One-off donation of mangroves
Together we can save the climate, mangroves are super important – join in!
Would you like to donate a different amount? Then click on this PayPal link and easily donate the amount of your choice!
The mangrove subscription
A mangrove every day, doing good every day
With the mangrove subscription, we plant a mangrove for you every day in the Malizia mangrove park. Supported by Vendée Globe sailor Boris Herrmann, we are fighting climate change, preserving biodiversity and protecting coastal areas.
Offers for companies
Certificates for your employees or customers
A great gift idea for your employees and customers! As a corporate customer, you have the opportunity to purchase certificates in the design of your choice for your employees or customers. You donate the desired number of mangroves and we will send you individual certificates. We are happy to receive your inquiries.
Mama Earth – Planting is our Life
Boris Herrmann, one of the world’s top offshore sailors, the Mama Earth Foundation in the Philippines, and Andreas Müller-Hermann, founder of the Meaalofa Foundation, launched the Malizia Mangrove Park project in 2020. The goal is to plant ten million mangroves in Mati Bay in southern Mindanao, the southernmost island of the Philippines. The project has since progressed very well, and thanks to your help, over five million mangrove trees have already been planted (as of October 2026). A mangrove sequesters at least 5 kg of CO2 annually—in reality, often as much as 10 kg (averaged over 20 years). This means that significant amounts of CO2 are removed from the atmosphere over long periods of time.
Boris Herrmann and his team at Malizia are promoting this project. The Mama Earth Foundation is on the ground, organizing all activities in the Philippines and involving local residents and the local university in the process. The Meaalofa Foundation helps coordinate the various partners and sponsors and covers the costs of promotional materials.
According to law, a foundation in the Philippines stands for transparency and openness. That is why all expenditures of the Mama Earth Foundation are subject to an annual audit.
Location: Guang Guang (part of Bajuda Bay), Mati, and Baganga, Mindanao, Philippines
We plant in Mati
All mangrove plantations are controlled by the “Davao Oriental State University”. The students, together with the forest managers of Mama Earth, supervise the upbringing of the seedlings in the nurseries and oversee the planting operations. They are also responsible for controlling the plantations and its documentation. As part of their education, they prepare studies about the mangroves, which are made publicly available to everyone interested. Additionally, it is planned to finance a vigorous study under the direction of Dr. Lea AngSinco-Jiminec and Dr. Johnglen Seniel, which will measure the amount of CO2 released into the soil. Local schools will also be involved to teach children about nature and environmental protection.
To ensure transparency, the university prepares a report every six months. In addition, the plantings are documented using drone footage, videos, photos, and entries on Google Earth maps. The great thing about Google Earth is that you can use the timeline slider to see the situation before and after planting. There is a KML file for each individual area, so you can double-click in Explorer to fly to the planting sites.
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The white areas show the newly surveyed areas, which together cover more than 127 hectares.
One of the areas in detail. Our foresters and five others from Mati walked all the areas to make the maps.
All available vehicles were loaded with mangroves.
Our partners in Mati did a good job.
Further projects in Collaboration with Mama Earth in and around Mati
Amihan Boys – Turtle Nursery
At the worldwide known surf spot Dahican Beach, Mati, only about 1.5 km from the planting areas of the Malizia Mangrove Park, the “Amihan Boys”, a private aid organization, is committed to the protection of the sea turtle population and keeping the beach free from plastic. Involved in this project are street children, who take part in these activities as well as learning a lot about marine conservation. At the same time, they are supported with food items and it is ensured that they get a school education.
The beach, which is now overrun with tourists, is an important egg-laying site for green sea turtles. The beach is monitored at night by the “Amihan Boys” and the laid eggs are transferred to a protected area on the beach to ensure that they hatch undisturbed. Further, they collect plastic on the beach, which is a great danger for the turtles and in general for the environment.
The plastic project
Unfortunately, plastic is also a problem in the newly reforested areas of Malizia Mangrove Park. The plastic damages the seedlings and might even rip them out of the ground when the water retreats during low tide. Therefore, the plastic is continuously collected and removed from these areas as well.
The plastic from Dahican Beach is sorted by the “Amihan Boys” and “purchased” by Mama Earth and then taken to a recycling plant in Davao by Mama Earth Foundation truck just like the plastic collected in the planting areas. This waste is then transformed into colorful chairs. Mama Earth then gives these chairs free of charge to local schools that cannot afford to buy any themselves.
For each bag of sorted plastic, the Mama Earth Foundation gives either one kilo of rice or the equivalent amount in money to the “Amihan Boys” so that they can continue their project and the support of the street children.
The destructive effect of plastic waste is well known: It is eaten by marine animals, e.g. turtles and can then quickly be fatal, it damages the coral reefs and the newly planted mangroves. When it gradually decomposes into microplastic, it enters the food chain and ends up in all living creatures including humans, leading to gradual poisoning. Collecting it is an important first step, but of course, preventing the plastic from being dumped into the oceans in the first place is the goal for the future.
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