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MAP news Issue 452 - Sept 29, 2018

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452nd Edition                                                     September 29, 2018
IN MEMORY OF  Roy R. “Robin” Lewis III
robin-lewis1We at MAP were saddened to hear of the passing of Roy R. “Robin” Lewis III. He made a substantial contribution to the Mangrove Action Project (MAP) over the years as a Board Member then as our technical advisor sharing his knowledge & understanding of mangroves and restoration for the benefit of the planet. Robin was one of MAP's first board members, and helped shape our efforts. We at MAP owe much to him for his dedicated work and wise counsel over those many years. We thank you! Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, Professional Wetland Scientist, Ecological Society of America Certified Senior Ecologist, Board Certified Environmental Professional READ MORE



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4 days left in GlobalGiving’s Accelerator
Bee Keepers
THAILAND - Please help MAP to expand beekeeping training projects in 4 villages in Southern Thailand. We have time, but we need your support! Raising funds is just part of the process. Once MAP reaches its goal of raising $5,000, we become a partner on the GlobalGiving website, paving the way for new projects to fund this important work. This project is not only about providing training to these villages – it is also about building a network of coastal communities across Thailand to support and grow their own mangrove conservation efforts for years to come. Your support today is an investment in a sustainable undertaking that enables villagers to provide for their families and ensures a better future for their children. The coastal villages of SW Thailand were once home to thriving mangrove forest ecosystems that preserved the shoreline, sequestered carbon, sheltered fish, and sustained communities that relied on small-scale inshore fishing. Today, these communities are among the poorest in the region as mangroves are lost to aquaculture, logging, and urban expansion. MAP will help 4 communities develop sustainable sources of mangrove-based income through harvesting high-quality honey from mangrove flowers. READ MORE

AFRICA

Non-State Actors Project Concludes Training of 60 Community Forest Monitors
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LIBERIA -Amidst continuous effort to promote accountability and transparency in forest governance, the Volunteer to Support International Efforts in Developing Africa (VOSIEDA) has completed training of over 60 Community Forest Monitors (CFMs) in Lofa, Gbarpolu and Sinoe counties. Training’s beneficiaries were drawn from a cross-section of Community Forest Management Bodies (CFMBs), Community Forest Development Committees (CFDCs), and CSOs including youth and women groups.The month-long training which commenced on July 17, 2018 is part of ongoing efforts by the EU and local partners to strengthen the capacity of non-state actors (NSA) in forest governance. The primary objective of the training, according to VOSIEDA Program Manager Abraham Billy is to ensure that community members are able to document illegal logging activities, and resolve and mitigate potential challenges in accessing benefit from the forests-using forest monitoring tools such as: social audit, simple independent forest monitoring (IFM) tracking sheet, ten monitoring principles, cubic meter fees calculation techniques, application of GPS in forest and land demarcation and mapping to minimize boundary conflict, and forest laws and regulations among others. READ MORE

ASIA

CBEMR network communities in Thailand join the World Cleanup Day Campaign
World Cleanup Day
THAILAND -Mangrove Action Project (MAP) in collaboration with the Trash Hero, Sikao Branch, participated in the World Cleanup Day event up for the first time ever along with other 7 participating locations in Trang province. The World Cleanup Day is a growing international movement which in 2018 involved 158 countries and an estimated 15 million people making our planet cleaner and safer. The goal is to do something concrete while raising public awareness about one of our planet’s most serious environmental issues. On the September 15th , 2018 MAP together with three villages from our Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) network actively joined the World Cleanup Day event by collecting trash in their mangrove and beach areas including Bang Khang Khao, Trang province and Nai Nang and Klong Gam communities in Krabi province. Marine debris, especially plastics is a growing environmental crisis affecting wildlife, human health, coastal ecosystems and not least the esthetics of our coasts. READ MORE

Bombay High Court orders total freeze on mangrove destruction
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INDIA - The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered a “total freeze” on the destruction of mangroves in the state. The court said that the destruction of mangroves across the state cannot be permitted for any use unless the court finds it necessary for the public good. Confirming its interim order passed in 2005, the High Court observed: “The destruction of mangroves offends the fundamental rights of the citizen and Article 21 of the Constitution of India… it is a mandatory duty of the state and its agencies and instrumentality to protect and preserve mangroves.” The court said that any destruction of mangroves will invoke legal action against the violators. In October 2005, the High Court had passed an interim order and banned destruction of mangroves and dumping of debris on the mangroves land. READ MORE

Funds needed to conserve mangrove, wetlands
Funds needed to save mangroves
INDONESIA - ood projects, such as mangrove and wetlands conservation, need funding. Sabah Wetlands Conservation Society (SWCS) president, Datuk Zainie Abdul Aucasa yesterday said without funding, all the good ideas and efforts to combat issues confronting mangrove and wetlands conservation would come to nothing. He spoke of the Payment Eco Systems (PES), which he said should be explored so that conservation efforts did not have to rely on donations and handouts all the time for funding. “There is an urgency to work out the PES,” he said. City Hall Mayor Datuk Yeo Boon Hai shared his opinion citing the importance of having enough funding to preserve and protect the wetlands. He added that the duty to preserve the wetlands in Sabah should not fall merely on the shoulder of the government but for all parties. A senior scientist at TropWATER, Australia, Professor Norman Duke stressed the importance of preserving what remains of wetlands everywhere, including in Sabah. He explained that there is a decline in wetlands in every country. READ MORE

Authorities urged to protect Kulhudhuffushi mangrove
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MALDIVES - Authorities were urged Tuesday to protect the remaining part of the Kulhudhuffushi mangrove which was dredged to build an airport. A statement from 12 NGOs said the reclamation work ignored the environmental impact assessment. They accused the government of lying about the project. Nearly 70 percent of the mangrove had been reclaimed despite assurances that only 30 percent would be affected, the statement alleged. “Unrecoverable losses have been caused to the Kulhudhuffushi mangrove because of actions that were carried out in the name of development without regard to the environment impact assessment and the project decision statement.” The statement said the remaining part of mangrove was in danger of being destroyed and the protected species faced losing their habitat. READ MORE

Hope alive for dying Uran mangroves
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INDIA - Days after the landmark Bombay high court (HC) order that stressed on mangrove protection across the state, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has decided to make efforts to restore the coastal patches that had dried up as a result of nearby construction work. The Trust has opened culverts allowing high-tide water access to 4,550 dead or dried up trees in a bid to restore a 4.5-hectare mangrove patch located near Hovercraft Jetty (container terminal-4) in Uran, Navi Mumbai. A senior JNPT official said that the mangrove trees and bushes have already begun rejuvenating at the site. “Destruction of mangroves offended the fundamental rights of the citizens and hence it was a mandatory duty of the state and its agencies and instrumentalities to protect and preserve the mangroves,” the HC bench said in its hearing. One of the primary directions by the HC bench comprising justices Abhay Oka and Riyaz Chagla, on September 17, stated: “We direct that it is the obligation of the state to replant destructed mangroves and to restore mangrove areas which are illegally reclaimed. The said areas shall be restored to their original condition.” READ MORE

AMERICAS

Could the 'Mangrove Effect' Save Coasts From Sea Level Rise?
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USA - Florida is set to lose more than 10 percent of its homes by 2100, and five southern states have already lost $7.4 billion in home values. But one study conducted by biologists at Villanova University offered some hope for the beleaguered region: warmer temperatures encourage the growth of mangroves, which have more complex roots than other wetland plants and can help build soil and protect coasts from storms like hurricanes. "The study links the growth of individual plants, and particularly their roots, to the survival of an entire ecosystem. The researchers exposed both salt marshes and mangroves to warming chambers and found that higher temperatures doubled the plants' height and increased the transition from salt marsh to mangrove ecosystems. Plots exposed to warming saw their mangrove cover increase by a factor of six compared with plots left at current temperatures. READ MORE

Taking a stand in the sand: Martin County students grow, plant mangroves to help lagoon
Children replant mangroves
USA - From humble beginnings at Alphabet Farms Preschool in Palm City, a large crop of red mangrove seedlings has been successfully transplanted into the Indian River Lagoon. After learning about mangrove ecosystems, environmental sustainability, and recycling, the kids at Alphabet Farms (ages 4 to 6) planted more than 100 propagules last August in reused plastic milk jugs. With hard work and mindful care, 100% of the initial crop survived. Even in preschool, Martin County is perpetuating a future generation of environmentally aware leaders.The transplant, carried out with the help of the Environmental Study Center’s Camp W.E.T, was a huge success. Fifth-grade campers took to the river aboard the “River Scout” and dug holes for nearly 60 red mangrove seedlings. Focusing on the habitats these plants create, the kids learned about the enormous range of estuary creatures that depend on mangroves. READ MORE

Amazon mangrove forests key in carbon storage
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USA - Scientists led by an Oregon State University researcher have determined for the first time that Amazon’s waterlogged coastal mangrove forests, which are being clear cut for cattle pastures and shrimp ponds, store significantly more carbon per acre than the region’s famous rainforest. The long-term study, recently published in the journal Biology Letters, provides a better understanding of how mangrove deforestation contributes to the greenhouse gas effect, one of the leading causes of global warming, said J. Boone Kauffman, an ecologist at OSU who led the research. The Brazilian mangrove forest fringes the entirety of the Atlantic Coast at the mouth of the Amazon, the largest river in the world with the largest mangrove forest. Although preservation of the Amazon rainforest has been the subject of intense awareness efforts over the last few decades, less attention has been paid to the Amazon mangroves. READ MORE

WHITEPAPER - Carbon stocks of mangroves and salt marshes of the Amazon region
BRAZIL - In addition to the largest existing expanse of tropical forests, the Brazilian Amazon has among the largest area of mangroves in the world. While recognized as important global carbon sinks that, when disturbed, are significant sources of greenhouse gases, no studies have quantified the carbon stocks of these vast mangrove forests. In this paper, we quantified total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves and salt marshes east of the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil. Mean ecosystem carbon stocks of the salt marshes were 257 Mg C ha−1 while those of mangroves ranged from 361 to 746 Mg C ha−1. Although aboveground mass was high relative to many other mangrove forests (145 Mg C ha−1), soil carbon stocks were relatively low (340 Mg C ha−1). Low soil carbon stocks may be related to coarse textured soils coupled with a high tidal range. Nevertheless, the carbon stocks of the Amazon mangroves were over twice those of upland evergreen forests and almost 10-fold those of tropical dry forests. READ MORE

GLOBAL

What the world needs now to fight climate change: More swamps
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GLOBAL - “Drain the swamp” has long meant getting rid of something distasteful. Actually, the world needs more swamps – and bogs, fens, marshes and other types of wetlands. These are some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. They also are underrated but irreplaceable tools for slowing the pace of climate change and protecting our communities from storms and flooding. Scientists widely recognize that wetlands are extremely efficient at pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and converting it into living plants and carbon-rich soil. As part of a transdisciplinary team of nine wetland and climate scientists, we published a paper earlier this year that documents the multiple climate benefits provided by all types of wetlands, and their need for protection. READ MORE

 

 
 
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CBEMR network communities in Thailand join the World Cleanup Day Campaign

By: Udomsak Pariwatpan (Em), Field Project Coordinator, MAP-Asia

Mangrove Action Project (MAP) in collaboration with the Trash Hero, Sikao Branch, participated in the World Cleanup Day event up for the first time ever along with other 7 participating locations in Trang province.

The World Cleanup Day is a growing international movement which in 2018 involved 158 countries and an estimated 15 million people making our planet cleaner and safer. The goal is to do something concrete while raising public awareness about one of our planet’s most serious environmental issues.

 Udomsak Pariwatpan, MAP staff organizer, joined the 
Cleanup day with fifteen community members 
from Bang Kang Khao, Trang province to collected 
trash at the community mangrove restoration site.

On the September 15th , 2018 MAP together with three villages from our Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) network actively joined the World Cleanup Day event by collecting trash in their mangrove and beach areas including Bang Khang Khao, Trang province and Nai Nang and Klong Gam communities in Krabi province.

Marine debris, especially plastics is a growing environmental crisis affecting wildlife, human health, coastal ecosystems and not least the esthetics of our coasts.

Thailand is the 7th largest marine debris polluter in the world.

Nai Nang Village, Krabi province, were present with eight representatives from the Apiculture Group collecting marine debris along the beach near their village.
Even though it was a typical monsoon weather in southern Thailand with pouring rain all day long, our CBEMR community people were amazingly insistent to make it happen and to be part of this event.

One of community member addressed the group saying that the rain was just something to test and see how strong we are. The rain finally stopped right after we finished our waste collection.

On this very special day with helping hands from 59 villagers from the 3 communities we managed to collected a total 371 kilograms of garbage.

The Klong Lu Homestay group from Klong Gam village, Krabi province, were present with six villagers who co- organised with thirty staff from the Thai Lion Air collecting garbage on the beach at the Klong Lu village.
Members separated recyclables from the rubbish which was sold to contribute to their own community conservation funds.

MAP and the CBEMR community network hope annually to join this global event to highlight the trash issue and work year round to deal properly with waste locally.

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MAP News Issue 451, Sept 15, 2018

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The MAP News
451st Edition                                                     September 15, 2018

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MAP selected for unique fundraising project
Global Giving
THAILAND - MAP works in SE Asia providing practical, proven methods of education and training so coastal communities can conserve and restore their own mangrove forests. MAP has been collaborating with Ban Nai Nang to generate new income from beekeeping while restoring their mangrove forests. The village is now producing honey from mangrove flowers, and value-added products such as hand soaps, shampoos and balms. 10% of honey product sales goes into a Conservation Fund that gets put back into restoring mangroves that the area has lost in the past. Now, Nai Nang wants to pass that knowledge on to other communities. Just recently, the GlobalGiving Foundation selected us to participate in its Accelerator, a fundraising opportunity for nonprofit organizations around the world. In order to succeed, we must raise $5,000 from 40 donors by October 2nd. If we meet this threshold, we will be permanently featured on GlobalGiving’s website. READ MORE

AFRICA

Re-establishing a more biodiverse and resilient coastal ecosystem with community participation
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WEST AFRICA - West Africa is ranked high on the list of regions threatened by climate change. Severe drought, massive deforestation, unsustainable agricultural practices, and poor watershed management have left much of West Africa dangerously vulnerable to sea-level rise and extreme weather events provoked by climate change. Restoration and conservation of the region’s wetlands, especially their mangrove ecosystems, is a vital part of disaster mitigation and coastal protection strategy proposed for the region. Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) involves a more methodological ecosystem approach than the usual monoculture restoration efforts, incorporating natural mangrove dispersal and ecological recovery. The key is in the restoration of the hydrology of the area being considered for restoration, and then working with nature itself to help facilitate regeneration of the area’s naturally occurring mangrove species. Adequate monitoring and evaluation follow this at each site to assess progress and take corrective action to ensure success and replicability (Lewis et al., 2006). READ MORE (Page 39-44)

Community key for successful mangrove restoration
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KENYA - Traveling between remote islands by dugout canoe, and trudging through muddy mangrove forests in 40-degree Celsius heat coaching fisherfolk on monitoring techniques is all in a day’s work for Madagascan marine conservationist Lalao Aigrette. Aigrette is passionate about finding ways to keep these valuable “blue forests” standing, and she’s been named an International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) “natural-born hero” for her contributions. She works for marine conservation non-governmental organization (NGO) Blueventures, where she oversees the development of Tahiry Honko, the first Plan Vivo carbon initiative in the country, and the second mangrove carbon project in the world. Aigrette shared her views with Landscape News in the lead-up to the Global Landscapes Forum in Nairobi later this month, to find out more about her ground-breaking community-based restoration work, and her hopes for the forum. READ MORE

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Restoring the green cover: 133 hectares more under mangroves
India's mangroves
INDIA - The mangrove cell of Maharashtra’s forest department, in a study, has said that there has been a 133 hectare rise in mangroves in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The state Mangrove Cell experts claim that it was possible due to a sense of environment conservation among people and strict action against encroachments and encroachers. There has been an increase in the number of staff hired in the state cell, including forest guards, and around 108 security personnel from the Maharashtra State Security. “Public awareness is another major reason. People have realised the importance and need of green lungs where we live. Increased awareness among citizens through regular exchange of information through different mediums helped,” he said.READ MORE

Stand-off ups tension between shrimp farmers and environmental authorities in China
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CHINA - A stand-off between shrimp farmers and authorities in eastern China has highlighted the pressure on China’s aquaculture sector from the enforcement of stricter environmental laws. Tighter enforcement of environmental regulations has seen wholesale closures of aquaculture facilities in sensitive shoreline, wetland and reservoir areas around China this year, with a resultant inflationary impact on prices. After authorities moved to close shrimp farms in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, the operators of the ponds took to the streets in dissatisfaction at what they believe is inadequate compensation for the razing. A note from local authorities offering compensation of CNY 5.00 (USD 0.73, EUR 0.64) per square meter also notified shrimp farmers that the electricity to their facilities would be cut off later this month. But the shrimp farmers claim that government encouraged investment in shrimp facilities in 2014 and are seeking higher compensation, as well as guarantees on new land. READ MORE

Crab farming takes over shrimp in Bagerhat
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BANGLADESH - Crab cultivation is replacing shrimp cultivation in the district because shrimp and prawn are frequently attacked by virus. “Regular attacks by viruses has caused us losses and we got discouraged to cultivate shrimp. Some shrimp cultivators had to leave their area for not being able to pay off their debts. Moreover, the demand for shrimp has decreased in the overseas market. So the farmers are cultivating crab to overcome the losses incurred in shrimp cultivation and to earn profit,'' said Moazzem Hossain, a farmer of Shreefaltala village under Rampal upazila. “In the last few years, the price of shrimp has decreased by almost 50 percent. As a result, the farmers had to give up shrimp cultivation and start cultivating crabs,'' he added. “I am cultivating crabs in 10 ponds on three acres of land, using the box and girdle method,” said Arindom Mondol of Sadar upazila. “We buy crab weighing around 100 grams each from nearby warehouse for Tk 200 to Tk 250 per kg. They bring the crabs from the Sundarbans,” he added. READ MORE

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WORLD SCIENTISTS WARNING TO HUMANITY:
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USA - All scientists, citizens, companies and organizations are invited to sign/endorse the articles’ recommendations, and help change civilization’s current trajectory. Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C. along with over 1,700 scientists from around the world, including the majority of then-living Nobel laureates in the sciences, drafted and signed the first World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity. That warning is still available at the UCS website, but is also presented herefor you to read and share. On its 25th anniversary, a group of scientists looked back at that first warning to evaluate humanity’s response. What they found was most distressing. With the exception of curtailing depletion of the ozone layer protecting life from the sun’s damaging UV radiation, humanity had failed to make progress in solving the challenges originally documented. Instead things had gotten far worse. READ MORE

Apple to invest in mangrove forest protection and restoration in Colombia
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Apple’s Lisa Jackson today announced that it is investing in a project to restore and protect mangroves across a 27,000-acre forest in Colombia. Fast Company reports that Jackson, who serves as Apple’s VP of environment, policy, and social initiatives, made the announcement at the Global Climate Action Summit today in San Francisco. The project will see Apple work to protect and restore mangroves in a 27,000-acre forest along the coastline of Colombia. Jackson says that mangroves can store up to ten times more carbon than a terrestrial forrest: “These forests are critical because they’re one of nature’s most important tools in the battle against climate change–they can absorb and store up to ten times more carbon than a terrestrial forest,” Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy, and social initiatives told an audience at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco today.READ MORE

How mangroves help keep the planet cool
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USA - Coastal scientists have developed a new global framework to more accurately assess how mangroves along different types of coastlines from deltas to lagoons store carbon in their soil. They found that previous studies have underestimated the blue carbon levels in mangroves by up to 50 percent in some regions and overestimated levels by up to 86 percent in others. Their study published recently in Nature Climate Change will help countries develop and evaluate their carbon footprint and blue carbon inventory that potentially can be used in the global marketplace. "We took a huge step further by testing a robust model that more clearly defines the global variation of carbon storage of coastlines taking into account different tides, river flow, geology and rainfall that occurs around the world," said co-author Robert Twilley, who is Louisiana State University (LSU) Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences professor in the LSU College of the Coast & Environment and the executive director of the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program.
Carbon is one of the most abundant chemical elements on Earth. It is in the atmosphere, the ocean and the human body. READ MORE

Editor’s note - Although this article claims Hawaii is the only known place where removal of mangroves has been persued, MAP reported on a similar New Zealand’s Coromandel Peninsula eradication process in 201see Prof Gordon Maxwell’s comments here
Why Hawaii Is Burning Its Massive Mangrove Trees
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USA - All over the world, from Florida to Thailand, efforts are underway to restore mangrove forests. These ecosystem have been in serious decline for the last 10 years, and sea level rise is set to threaten them further. In Hawaii, however, heavy efforts are underway to eradicate the trees. In fact, the islands might be the only place where ecologists are trying to permanently remove mangroves. They’re invasive here—and they’re pushing out native flora and fauna that have called these islands home for much longer than the mangrove has. In He‘eia, groups have been working since the ’70s to restore native wetlands. But removing invasive mangroves has really ramped up since last year as part of a greater effort to restore the region’s estuary system. None of the researchers or community leaders I spoke with were familiar with any other effort anywhere in the world to get rid of mangroves (See editor’s note above)READ MORE

Amazon mangroves ‘twice as carbon rich’ as its rainforests
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BRAZIL - The vast mangroves of the Amazon store twice as much carbon per hectare as the region’s tropical forests, new research shows. The relatively understudied ecosystem also stores 10 times more carbon than Amazon savannahs – a type of grassy plain with sparsely populated trees, according to the study. However, the wetlands face threats from deforestation and climate change, the researchers say. Introducing more measures to protect mangroves will be key to preserving its large carbon store, they add. The findings provide “yet more evidence of the extraordinary carbon stocks found in mangroves” worldwide, another scientist tells Carbon Brief. The Amazon is well known for its 167m hectares of rainforest, but is less known for being home to close to 1m hectares of “mangrove” forests. READ MORE

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Planting Mangroves To Protect Fishing Grounds
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FIJI - For families in the country mangroves are our lifeline, says Torika Lewaca. The 59-year-old Tavualevu villager is one of the many women in Tavua who enjoys fishing. They depend on mangroves within their traditional fishing grounds for their livelihoods and protection from the impacts of salt water intrusion. Ms Lewaca and fellow community members were part of a mangrove planting activity carried out along a section of Tavua Bay that forms the Tavualevu Village ‘coastline boundary. About 400 mangrove propagules were directly planted within the village’s demarked coastline during last week’s Constitution Day. For Tavualevu Village, being one of the largest villages in Fiji, sustaining the community’s livelihood and food consumption is quite a challenge for families. “Mangroves are not only home for crabs, but places for them to feed and grow. So we need to have a lot of mangroves in place to have a lot of crabs and fish,” Ms Lewaca said. “I am here planting because I want our future crab catchers to not only also have the opportunity to hunt for crabs, but to have enough as well to be able to feed our families and financially support them.” READ MOR

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