Indonesia is the second-largest plastic polluter in the world after China. Currently, 81% of plastic waste in Indonesia is unsorted, causing plastic waste to end up in landfills or leak into the ocean instead. In Bali, most of plastic waste from the ocean spreading all around The Mangrove forests.

Consequently, The Mangrove Mob was born. Rip Curl School of Surf and Plastic Bank united resources and efforts to create a project aimed exclusively at mangrove conservation, protection, and positive of environment impacts.

The dense root system of mangrove forests trap sediments flowing down rivers off the land. This help stabilizes the coastline and prevents erosion from waves and storm. In areas where mangroves have been cleared, coastal damage from hurricanes and typhoons is much more severe.

Mangrove forests are home to a large variety of fish, crab, shrimp and mollusk species. These fisheries, from an essential source of food for thousands of coastal communities around the world. This mangrove forests vitally important to coral reef and commercial fisheries for the locals.

Mangrove wood is resistant to rot and insects, making it extremely valuable. Many coastal and indigenous communities rely on this wood for construction material. These communities also collect medicinal plants from the ecosystems and mangrove leaves as animal fodder.

Given the diversity of life inhabiting mangrove systems, and their proximity in many cases to other tourist attractions such as coral reefs and sandy beaches, it is perhaps surprising that only a few countries have started to tap into the eco- tourism potential of their mangrove forests.