The conference is being  jointly organised by the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Global Mangrove Alliance, the University of St. Andrews, the IUCN Mangrove Specialist Group, the Zoological Society of London, Wetlands International and Emirates-Nature-WWF.

Scientists and conservation/restoration professionals from government and non-government sectors working on mangrove and other coastal ecosystem conservation and restoration from around the world are invited to attend.