Community-based ecological mangrove restoration in action. Copyright Dominic Wodehouse.
solutions
Community awareness, participation and stewardship
Historical and ecological background information collection
Site suitability assessment
Customized mangrove restoration
Long-term monitoring
![Community members move mangrove seedlings into a degraded forest, where they will plant them ©Marco Quesada / Conservation International](/sites/default/files/DSC00086.jpg)
Community members move mangrove seedlings into a degraded forest, where they will plant them
©Marco Quesada / Conservation International
Science-based design
Active stakeholders across levels
Informing policy processes
![Spray dredging applying a thin layer slurry of dredged material to the marsh Mark A Ford, National Park Service, US](/sites/default/files/pa050005_0.jpg)
Spray dredging applying a thin layer slurry of dredged material to the marsh
Mark A Ford, National Park Service, US
Filling old canals
Thin Layered Marsh Nourishment
Using Controlled River Diversions for Restoration
Barrier Island Restoration for Disaster Risk Reduction
![Eco-friendly Biopolymer for Sustainable Coastal Erosion Prevention KNPS](/sites/default/files/geurim7_0.png)
Eco-friendly Biopolymer for Sustainable Coastal Erosion Prevention
KNPS
![Fishers representatives at a MIHARI forum MIHARI](/sites/default/files/mihari_fishers.jpg)
Fishers representatives at a MIHARI forum
MIHARI
Trustful relationship with the government
Implementation of the network structure
Fishers' leadership enhanced
![Plastic waste threatening marine ecosystems Surfrider Foundation Europe](/sites/default/files/plastic_ocean_0.jpg)
Plastic waste threatening marine ecosystems
Surfrider Foundation Europe
![Living Seawalls provides a solution to increasing the ecological value of artificial structures in the marine environment. Living Seawalls](/sites/default/files/living_seawalls.png)
Living Seawalls provides a solution to increasing the ecological value of artificial structures in the marine environment.
Living Seawalls
![Figure 1_a_Xinshe village landuse map NDHU, Landscape Conservation & Community Participation Laboratory](/sites/default/files/figure_1_a_xinshe_village_landuse_map.png)
Figure 1_a_Xinshe village landuse map
NDHU, Landscape Conservation & Community Participation Laboratory
![Securing eroding delta coastlines Photo by INFIS](/sites/default/files/nn.jpg)
Securing eroding delta coastlines
Photo by INFIS
Construction of permeable dam structures as sediment traps and basis for mangrove rehabilitation
Socio-economic measures to promote sustainable land-use
Capacity building on “Building with Nature solutions”, targeted at government officials, private sector, students and local communities
Policy dialogue to develop governance arrangements for improved coastal zone management
![Torre Vecchia di Marceddì Andrea Liverani](/sites/default/files/torre_marceddi_andrea_liverani.jpg)
Torre Vecchia di Marceddì
Andrea Liverani
The Maristanis project, through restoration, species protection and efficient use of water
A strong legal basis to ensure integrated governance
Defining priority and corrective actions to strengthen the intervention
![Mangroves of Ciénaga de la Virgen, Cartagena-Colombia Felipe Gómez Villota](/sites/default/files/screen_shot_2016-11-25_at_11.10.28_am_copy.jpg)
Mangroves of Ciénaga de la Virgen, Cartagena-Colombia
Felipe Gómez Villota
Alignment of activities with the existing national and subnational framework for adaptation to climate change
Prioritizing EbA measures by combining empirical data with participatory planning
Forming and strengthening alliances for communication, capacity development and implementation, including financing
![Seedlings planted inside the mangrove continue to show good Growth GIZ/ICCAS](/sites/default/files/seedlings_small.jpg)
Seedlings planted inside the mangrove continue to show good Growth
GIZ/ICCAS
Establishment of a co-management structure
Mangrove forest and coastal revegetation
Apiculture development