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MAP News Issue #542 - March 19, 2022

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542nd Edition                                                  March 19 2022

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Mangrove Restoration Project in Kenya
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KENYA - The MAP team has arrived in Kenya! We are here with Wetlands International East Africa to teach a mangrove restoration workshop for community members in Lamu County. The workshop aims to enhance understanding of mangrove ecology and stakeholder needs to improve project outcomes for coastlines and communities⁠. Lamu County is home to over 60% of Kenya’s mangroves which are vital ecosystems for the community. They protect against coastal erosion, provide a buffer against storm surges, and are home to many of fish species that are important to local fisheries. Mangroves are directly tied to the culture and heritage of the region with many structures, boats and other amenities being built with mangrove wood. As well as harvesting, Lamu is also losing hundreds of hectares of mangrove forest to make way for the establishment of national projects such as the Lamu Port at Kililana. Mangrove forests have gained a newfound spotlight in the global conservation movement over the past decade, mainly due to the huge amounts of carbon they can sequester. Sadly, many attempts to restore these valuable ecosystems fail, largely due to a lack of understanding of underlying ecological and social pressures. Mangrove planting initiatives around the world have met an unfortunately high rate of failure. Our ‘Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration’ (CBEMR) methodology works with nature and takes into account mangrove ecology and biology to restore degraded mangroves by mimicking natural processes. CBEMR involves local stakeholders from the outset which encourages the mitigation of mangrove stressors and the facilitation of natural regeneration where at all possible. READ MORE

GLOBAL

Drones shed light on coastal water flows
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GLOBAL - Runoff in coastal waters is linked to pollution and degradation of coral reefs and other marine ecosystems. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have now been used to overcome the challenges of monitoring water flow between ecosystems and over large areas. High-frequency hovering UAV images and flight surveys were used by KAUST researchers to track the movement of dye plumes released during an ebbing tide. Led by remote sensing researcher Kasper Johansen, the team also used information from aerial images combined with field measurements to map dye concentrations, providing insights into the dispersion of materials in the water column and along the coast. Johansen says the information obtained can provide insights into the exchange, transportation and dependencies of nutrients between mangrove, seagrass and coral reef ecosystems. READ MORE

Are ‘nature based solutions’ the best fix for climate change?
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GLOBAL - The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report last month, and its findings have been described as “a dire warning about the consequences of inaction,” as global warming is already having dangerous and widespread impacts on planet Earth and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. But the IPCC report also says that nature has huge potential to be part of the solution, not only for reducing the impacts of climate change but also for improving people’s lives. Nature based solutions (NBS) like restoring forests and other critical ecosystems are key, according to the report, because healthy ecosystems are more resilient to climate change while sequestering more carbon and providing other services such as food and clean water. IPCC Working Group II Co-Chair Hans-Otto Pörtner said in a statement accompanying the report that “By restoring degraded ecosystems and effectively and equitably conserving 30 to 50 per cent of Earth’s land, freshwater and ocean habitats, society can benefit from nature’s capacity to absorb and store carbon, and we can accelerate progress towards sustainable development, but adequate finance and political support are essential.” READ MORE

AMERICAS

Women’s day: Mangrove oysters mean food security for a family in Ecuador
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ECUADOR - “Without the mangroves there is no life for us,” says Rosa of the swamp area that serves as a protective ecosystem for the community of Punta de Miguel near Ecuador’s border with Colombia. Here, in the Mira-Mataje Mangrove Reserve, she goes out picking mangrove oysters – these provide a source of nutrition for her family, and she can also sell them on to earn an income. The area is vulnerable to both the El Niño and La Niña phenomena – literally the boy and girl, they refer to patterns of sea surface temperature in rises in the tropical eastern Pacific and decreases in the central tropical Pacific respectively. Thankfully, the thicket of roots created by the mangrove trees provides a natural barrier against the slings and arrows of extreme weather, allowing hundreds of families to continue a tradition of artisanal fishing. READ MORE

In Puerto Rico, a marathon effort builds to restore mangroves and dunes
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PUERTO RICO - In 2017, Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm, struck Puerto Rico. The hurricane dried up four basin mangrove forests in the island’s northeast, leaving behind an urgent need for restoration, according to Robert J. Mayer, a biology professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla. “Not having these ecosystems exposes communities and primary infrastructure to the pounding of waves generated by storms, putting the lives of hundreds of people and the integrity of their properties at risk in the face of future extreme climatic events,” said Mayer, who directs the university’s Vida Marina Center for Ecological Restoration and Coastal Conservation. In collaboration with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Mayer and student volunteers secured $500,000 in financial support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for the restoration of Puerto Rico’s beleaguered northern mangrove forests, which grow along riverbanks or border salty lagoons. READ MORE

Weeds Crowding the Mangroves, Debris in the Undergrowth and the Dedication of Volunteers
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USA - Thanks to the dedication of the Collier County Parks and Recreation in coordination with Isles of Capri resident, Luke Larson, an event was held to clean up a passive park along Capri Boulevard during the weekend of March 5 and 6. The purpose of the event was to take out the invasive plants, clean out the debris, and increase the light available through the canopy of trees to reach the struggling mangroves and native trees to enable them to thrive. Some walkers passed by the endeavor and stopped to commend the group for the massive undertaking. Their appreciation and awe about the trimming of the canopy of vegetation was rewarding to the volunteers who toiled for hours with the goal of clearing out the invasives. We had participants who had been on other Isles of Capri cleanups and now, had some new like-minded participants who weren’t afraid to get their shoes dirty or bring out the gloves to participate in this positive event on Capri. Sheela was just walking by and joined right in to help the cause. The team worked for hours and placed the horticulture in constantly growing piles. READ MORE

Swathe of mangroves cleared for CGX deep water port but scope of deforestation remains undisclosed
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GUYANA - A vast swathe of mangroves has been cleared from the eastern bank of the Berbice River adjacent to Crab Island to facilitate the development and construction of Guyana’s first deep water port by Canadian owned CGX Energy Inc. While the company has announced its intention to preserve some 10 acres mangroves on the 30-acre plot at it acquired for the project, there has been no disclosure of the percentage of mangroves cleared to date to facilitate the development. A visit to the location last week by this newspaper revealed that preparatory works have been progressing at the location and aerial images that were commissioned showed land filling was underway. VIEW SOURCE

Benedict Key mangrove restoration flourishing
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USA - Following nine mangrove forest restoration projects on Benedict Key in the Pine Island Sound last year, hundreds of the red mangrove propagules that were planted have started to grow — almost all bearing green leaves, according to the the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. “This is a great sign that the damaged island could soon be restored to its original mangrove cover,” Community Conservation Coordinator Kealy McNeal said following a Jan. 28 visit to the key to review progress. “This is the first sign of successful restoration.”The SCCF reported that the mangrove ecosystems of Pine Island Sound are a vital component of the estuarine and marine environment. They provide habitat and refuge to an array of wildlife, such as birds, fish, invertebrates, mammals and plants. The relationship between mangroves and their associated marine life cannot be overemphasized. Mangrove forests provide protected nursery areas for fishes, crustaceans and shellfish that are important to commercial and sport fisheries. READ MORE

ASIA

The Tiger Widows of India Conserving the Mangrove Forest Where Their Husbands Died
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INDIA - Geeta Mridha, a soft-spoken woman, points at the stretch of land beyond the Gosaba River to India’s Sundarbans, the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest. “We gathered the seeds of Sundari trees there,” she said. “Are there tigers there?” I asked. “There are tigers everywhere in the Sundarbans,” she laughed. It’s a windy February day, but at least it’s not summer. Mridha is outside with about 12 other women who have finished their housework of cooking for their family. It’s now time for them to work on the Sundari plants, the most common mangrove tree species in the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh. It’s also a species that makes up an ecosystem that’s endangered and rapidly declining. In the Sundarbans, the tiger is king. In its shadow stands the Sundari tree, an endangered mangrove. The Frontline talks to a group of women whose husbands were killed by tigers and is now conserving these trees to protect the forest where their partners were lost. READ MORE

How One Scientist Went From Working on Wall Street to Protecting Mangroves
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PHILIPPINES - When Stephanie Roe was growing up in a rural part of La Trinidad in the Philippines, she liked to spend her time on boats learning about animals. She dreamed of becoming a marine biologist who could protect wildlife. But as she went through the school system, the advice to study something “practical” that young people the world over hear from adults led her to pursue an economics degree. Over the years, Roe returned to her hometown and witnessed environmental degradation firsthand. Roe eventually traveled to Indonesia to work on forest management in Borneo, which is home to some of the greatest remaining, but endangered, rainforests. READ MORE

For change-making youth, restoration means mobilizing their communities
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PHILIPPINES - The town of Salay, which sits along the northern coast of the Philippine island of Mindanao, was once home to unproductive fishponds and a barren landscape. But now, a year into Camille Rivera’s community-based mangrove restoration project, a remarkable rejuvenation has taken place, and Salay boasts a lush, saline environment that has replenished its aquatic fauna and restored meaning and purpose to its mangrove-dependent community. This is the result of Camille’s tireless work to foster knowledge-sharing between environmental specialists and local communities on wetland restoration and multispecies planting – and their collective commitment to creating change. In getting the local community to not only understand mangrove ecology but also to engage with it, Camille has indeed achieved a monumental accomplishment, and the result has brought relief and joy throughout Salay for the reestablished health of its landscape. Camille was one of six Restoration Stewards who participated in the inaugural Restoration Stewards program from the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) and Youth in Landscapes (YIL) in 2021. Alongside Camille were her five co-Stewards, who similarly mobilized their communities across the world, from Kenya to Indonesia, working to reverse land degradation, rehabilitate ecosystems and promote alternative, sustainable livelihoods. Now, let’s meet our six incoming Restoration Stewards. READ MORE

Women reap the rewards of planting mangroves in Bangladesh
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BANGLADESH - High tide in the Sundarbans brings the fruit of the keora tree, a species of mangrove, floating upriver. The fruit, which is popular across the coastal belt of Bangladesh, can be easily collected and sold. For years, 45-year-old Shilpi Rani, who lives in the small rural administrative unit of Padmapukur in Satkhira district of southwestern Bangladesh, made a living from keora fruit. Then in 2009, Cyclone Aila breached the embankment protecting her village. The sudden intrusion of saltwater caused many mangroves to die. Despite being close to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, the villagers faced an acute shortage of wood for fuel. Once the floodwaters retreated, Rani and other women in the village started collecting keora fruits again. But this time they planted them, hoping to replace the mangrove trees and ensure their source of fuel and income. READ MORE

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Saturday, March 5, 2022

MAP News Issue #541 - March 05, 2022

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541st Edition                                                  March 05 2022

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Living with Bees in Thailand
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THAILAND - At least half of all mangrove forests in Thailand have been destroyed, leading to many negative impacts to the coastal environment and people. As sea levels continue to rise with an increase in extreme weather events, coastal communities have become extremely vulnerable. But there is hope....At the edge of the sea on the Andaman Coast in Southern Thailand, villagers are nurturing bees and adapting their relationship with forests to fight the changing climate. This March 2022, I will be going out to Thailand to film the first of a series of 12-minute mangrove shorts. Living with Bees will shine a light on an incredible connection one village has developed with pollinators, as we follow one woman’s journey of discovery; that introducing bees into the mangroves could be the key to saving her and her village. Help us to spread the word to everyone you know. This is your chance to share the project to make a lasting difference. If you wish to collaborate and sponsor special equipment, services, your photographs or artwork for the film, we’d love to discuss this with you. Post with the hashtag #LivingWithBees to share this project and to tell us what you think about this. READ MORE

GLOBAL

The Surprising Biodiversity Hidden in the World’s Fragile Mangrove Forests
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GLOBAL - Mangrove forests protect coastal ecosystems around the world from erosion and serve as habitats for an amazing array of fish, birds and other species. But because of the groves’ low levels of plant diversity, scientists have long assumed these famously twisty, salt-tolerant trees didn’t play host to many insect species. A study published last year in the journal BMC Biology turns that assumption on its ear. Mangroves, the research reveals, are hotspots of insect biodiversity. To reach this startling conclusion, a team of scientists from Singapore and other countries spent four years studying more than 140,000 insect specimens from 107 sites in mangroves and other habitats in Southeast and East Asia. They discovered an enormous and diverse number of insect species living in the mangroves — including more than 3,000 species in Singapore alone. READ MORE

NASA Study Maps the Roots of Global Mangrove Loss
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GLOBAL - Mangroves have been threatened by deforestation for decades, as agriculture and aquaculture, urban development and harvesting have caused the loss of more than a quarter of mangrove forests in the past 50 years. Forests in Southeast Asia have been especially hard-hit, as countries like Indonesia clear mangroves to make room for shrimp and rice farming. When planning conservation or restoration efforts for these crucial forests, experts need to know what the primary human and natural threats are for their area. Using high-resolution imagery from Landsat 5, 7 and 8, Fatoyinbo and her colleagues used machine learning algorithms to create a high-resolution map of mangrove losses between 2000 and 2016, with an important addition: They showed what drove those losses. The team found that nearly 1300 square miles of mangrove forests were lost during the study period, or about 2 percent of global mangrove area. Sixty-two percent of the lost area was due to human causes, mainly farming and aquaculture. The rest was due to natural causes, including erosion and extreme weather events. READ MORE

AFRICA

Mangroves in Lamu under threat from plastic waste pollution
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KENYA - Mangroves forests in Lamu are choking from a pileup of plastic waste dumped into the ocean that eventually finds its way into the forest, threatening their existence. Affected areas with high mangrove population include Mokowe, Manda, Mkanda, Pate, Kizingitini, Faza, Kiwayu, Matondoni, Kipungani, Wiyoni, Mkokoni, and Kiunga across the Lamu archipelago. There is a concern that continued accumulation could endanger these forests and the ecological and human communities depending on them. Lamu environmentalist Aki Skanda said there is a real concern on the increased accumulation of plastic waste in mangroves across the county. This is despite a national ban on plastics that was imposed in 2017 outlawing the manufacturing, sale and distribution of plastic carrier bags. READ MORE

RELATED STORY - Flipflopi dhow sets off on scientific tour of Lamu
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KENYA - The Flipflopi, a dhow made entirely from recycled plastic waste, has set sail on a scientific expedition of Lamu. The expedition is intended to map the extent of plastic pollution on the remote archipelago. The dhow took off from Lamu island and is headed to mangroves, beaches and towns in all the 35 islands in the region. This is the first step in informing the development of locally grown circular economies, as well as understanding the impact of massive waste on the local environment. Flipflopi project co-founder Ali Skanda, explained that over the next ten days, the crew of over 20 will be carrying out the scientific research. READ MORE

Restoration of mangroves in Senegal
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SENEGAL - In the Saloum Delta in Senegal, rising seas are increasing the salinity in mangrove ecosystems, damaging these precious forests. Mangrove forests provide many important ecosystem services. For local communities, the unique fishing opportunities mangroves offer represent livelihoods and nutrition. For fish, mangroves are habitats to spawn, grow and shelter thanks to cooler waters, higher oxygen content and sprawling roots that act as a sanctuary from larger prey. Located at the intersection of land and sea, mangroves play a key role in coastal erosion control and provide protection from storm surges for coastal communities and habitats. FAO, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other international conservation partners have set out to protect and restore these forests and safeguard the livelihoods of fish dependent communities in and around the Siné Saloum Delta. With financial backing from GEF, the programme, called the Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI), is restoring degraded mangroves so that they can retain their important role in balancing ecosystems. The Initiative is regenerating land and replanting large areas of mangroves, while also working with communities to rethink how they can utilise and conserve them. In 2020, 175 hectares of mangrove ecosystems were sustainably managed. READ MORE

Stop this total madness
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AFRICA - Oil giant Total is about to build the biggest heated oil pipeline in the world -- right through the heart of Africa! It will rip through some of the most important elephant, lion and chimpanzee reserves on Earth, displace tens of thousands of families, and tip the whole planet closer to full-blown climate catastrophe. Local communities are doing all they can to fight the project, but they’re up against one of the most powerful companies on Earth, and they need help to turn this into a Standing Rock in Africa. Our movement can be that help! Even as he plans this pipeline, Total's French CEO is trying to paint his company as a climate leader. Let’s hold him to account with a massive petition -- when it's huge we’ll deliver our voices to the banks financing the project and turn this into a PR nightmare for Total. Add your name to stand with the brave communities fighting this -- before it’s too late! SIGN THE PETITION

AMERICAS

Adopt a mangrove to help protect Florida’s coastline
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USA - There is an initiative to protect our coast that involves adopting a plant. One island group is asking people to become ‘mangrove mamas’ right from their homes. The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) is looking for people to adopt a mangrove. Kealy McNeal, the community conservation coordinator at SCCF, said, “We’re asking the community for help to grow mangroves at their homes that will then be planted at these restoration sites in the next few years.” They won’t be like the big ones you see when you’re out on the water. Instead, they will come in their own little pot with just one or two leaves. Mariana Pardo is a mangrove foster mom for a second time. “I have the experience down pat.” She was part of the pilot program last year and fostered five mangroves. “Pedro, Pablo, Chacho, Josiento and Jose. Those are all of their names,” Pardo said. READ MORE

More mangroves growing in Northeast Florida
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USA - Mangroves are a common sight in South Florida, and will sometimes spread as far north as the coast of Northeast Florida in parts of Nassau, Duval and especially St. Johns County. Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh joined park rangers to take a look at the spread of mangroves into the local area. While not uncommon, the difference now is that the spread of the mangrove trees may continue essentially uninterrupted because of fewer severe freezes — a possible product of climate change. That alone is not a bad thing. Mangroves can decrease storm surge, increase elevation and make for great habitat for marine life. The potential problem is mangroves are not freeze tolerant. If mangroves become dominant, the marsh grasses will diminish, so when the next big freeze occurs (temperatures in the 20s for at least a few hours), a die-off of the mangroves would leave nothing to protect the marshes. READ MORE

ASIA

Grasses spur mangroves to grow in an erosion-riddled Sundarbans patch
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INDIA - Baby mangroves with leathery leaves peep out through lush meadows of grass that greet the Bay of Bengal. Soon enough these densely clumped blades and tufts of salt-tolerant grasses, in a degraded patch in the Indian Sundarbans, will fix the erosion-riddled saltmarsh to aid mangroves to expand their turf. “As they change the sea-soaked soil for the better by pumping in lost nutrients, the grasses support mangrove expansion in a variety of ways. They protect against erosion, shield from sea wave energy, trap mangrove seeds dispersed by tidal currents and offer structural support to the seedlings,” says Ranjan Pradhan, a mangrove restorer and resident of the Indian Sundarbans in West Bengal. Pradhan tends to the grass meadows that are in transition to support mangroves at the degraded patch on the Durbachoti island in the western part of the Indian Sundarbans. READ MORE

OCEANA

Researchers call for action to save mangroves and seagrasses
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AUSTRALIA - Ambitious targets are needed to help save mangrove forests and seagrasses, according to a new study led by Griffith University researchers. Effective conservation will rely on stopping the loss of existing ecosystems and re-establishing ecosystems in places where they have already been lost or degraded, the study suggests. “Pairing global observations of mangrove and seagrass coverage change through time with modelled changes, we demonstrated that only protection and restoration combined can support substantial gains in coverage of these ecosystems into the future,” says Professor Rod Connolly, director of the Coastal and Marine Research Centre and The Global Wetlands Project based at Griffith University. According to the Marine Education Society of Australasia, Australia has the world’s third-largest area of mangroves and is home to approximately half the planet’s mangrove species. READ MORE

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Want to learn more about mangroves?Mangrove-education
Our short presentation will give you a better understanding of the issues we are working to solve. WATCH PRESENTATION

What is CBEMR? Download MAP's 2 page CBEMR Information Sheet containing links to all MAP's CBEMR resources – CLICK HERE

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Question Your Shrimp Consumer/Markets Campaign! 
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Mangroves: Guidebook to Malaysia – Click Here

SHARE MAP'S VISION
CLICK HERE to watch short introductory video. Together we can work "at the roots of the sea".

Our short documentary, Reducing the Risk of Disaster through Nature-Based Solutions : Mangroves

EPIC-Film 2

NASA Study Maps the Roots of Global Mangrove Loss

satellite-mapping


Marvellous Mangroves Curriculum

The Marvellous Mangroves Curriculum begins with a simple philosophy – getting future generations to not only learn about, but understand the importance of mangrove forests. VISIT


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The award-winning Marvellous Mangroves (MM) curriculum educates children on the importance of mangroves and their ecological functions, teaching them about modern challenges and mechanisms for sustainability. VIEW VIDEO

Marvellous Mangroves Curriculum in Bangladesh - WATCH VIDEO
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MAP News Issue #594 - March 23, 2024

Saving Lamu Mangroves: From Futile Photo Ops To Real Progress KENYA - Hundreds flock Lamu County, not only for the beauty of Kenya’s oldes...