Community-based ecological mangrove restoration in action. Copyright Dominic Wodehouse.
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Community awareness, participation and stewardship
Historical and ecological background information collection
Site suitability assessment
Customized mangrove restoration
Long-term monitoring
Planted mangroves.
Tarek Temraz, EEAA
Awareness raising campaign
Increasing conservation efforts
Surveillance and survivals
Mangrove ecosystem evaluation
Women filling in bags for the mangrove nursery
OPED
Data collection and participatory identification of problems
Women capacity-building and exchange of experiences
Community management
Alternative livelihoods
Mangrove research helps improve ‘blue carbon’ project planning and design
Miguel Cifuentes
Carbon inventories in mangrove ecosystems
Social and ecological vulnerability assessments
Geospatial and emissions modeling
Ecosystem services valuation
Development of national policy frameworks
Promoting blue carbon networks
Guanaja Island satellite view (© BICA Guanaja)
On-the-ground Planting
Monitoring Growth and Success of Planted Mangroves
Education of Mangrove Importance to Local & Global Community
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
Filling old canals
Thin Layered Marsh Nourishment
Using Controlled River Diversions for Restoration
Barrier Island Restoration for Disaster Risk Reduction
Fishers representatives at a MIHARI forum
MIHARI
Trustful relationship with the government
Implementation of the network structure
Fishers' leadership enhanced
Aerial View of Godrej Mangroves
Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd
Appropriate Governance
Appropriate Infrastructure
Appropriate Strategy
Meandering Jordan River
Bottom Up - Grassroot initiative
Top Down - National and International initiative
MPA watch station at Trao Reef
MCD
Participatory needs assessment
Participative management
Ecological restoration
Fine-tuning site management
Areal view of Associated Mangrove Aquaculture Farm in Demak
Wetlands International
Coastal Field Schools
Associated Mangrove Aquaculture (AMA)
Bio-Rights
Living Seawalls provides a solution to increasing the ecological value of artificial structures in the marine environment.
Living Seawalls
New Mkuba group
Ali Saidi
Community-level ecosystem management institution (active and regularly engaging with the community the community they represent)
Eco-credit/MKUBA groups (formed and trained to issue loans to their member and track their repayment)
Monitoring system for repayments and environmental compliance (established and operational)
Planting native tree species in Vietnam
Ho Ngoc Anh Tuan (IREN)
Local ownership and co-management
Technical knowledge on sites, species and nurseries
Monitoring + Evaluation