"Rebuilding a Lost Paradise" shows the successful work and results in Sri Lanka in frame of the project, Post Tsunami Restoration of Mangroves, Education and Reestablishment of Livelihoods (EU Asia Pro-Eco II B Post Tsunami Project). The project aims at the re-establishment of livelihoods of affected communities, restoration of tsunami-affected areas and long-term environmental education. A central goal is to improve the people’s self-reliance, mitigate poverty effects, increase long-term access of people to sustainable use of natural resources and protect the local communities against potential disasters by the implementation of precautionary measures. Among the main activities are the installation of mangrove nurseries, the re-plantation of damaged mangrove forests and the establishment and operation of regional education centers. The latter serves to educate and inform the local people of negative impacts from logging in forested areas and coral reef harvesting in order to reduce or avoid them as far as possible. “Rebuilding a Lost Paradise - Mangrove Restoration in Sri Lanka” is a project of Global Nature Fund (GNF).