Restoration gets underway: 26 new channels excavated
The hydrological rehabilitation protocol was defined based on analyses of the restoration and reference sites (excavation of 26 new channels and restoration of 19 pre-existing channels – a huge task!) Ad hoc nurseries will produce plants from the Rhizophora and Avicennia species, while spoil from the excavation of the channels will form an artificial platform […]
“Contribution of ecological restoration to mangrove resilience: case study”
The objective of this research is to propose an integrated approach for the ecological restoration of mangrove forests, taking into account ecological, biophysical and socio-economic factors. Find out more: > Read the presentation in French > Read the presentation in English
Burma at the forefront of technology:
Seed-shooting drone for re-seeding mangroves A partnership between BioCarbon Engineering and the NGO Worldview International Foundation aims to replant 400,000 mangroves per day in Burma using drones. The BioCarbon Engineering drones, developed in 2015, carry biodegradable pods filled with a germinated seed and nutrients that are released over the study site following an environmental survey. […]
Fifth international Mangrove Macrobenthos & Management meeting
The fifth international Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management meeting (MMM5) brings together researchers, practitioners and NGOs from around the world to present their research on mangrove forests. MMM5 is the first MMM to be held in Southeast Asia, the biodiversity centre for the mangrove ecosystem and home to more mangrove forests than anywhere else in the […]
Diagnosis of the local environment
The first field visit to the Cuajiniquil and Térraba-Sierpe sites took place in August 2018. It was an opportunity to inspect the reference sites and areas to be restored prior to installing field monitoring equipment. A second visit to the sites was made at the end of November/early December 2018 to install Thalimedes sensors to […]
Two pilot application sites for the Iloilo project
> Feasibility study: CI Philippines has commissioned a Philippines-based engineering firm to perform a technical feasibility study (TFS) of six (6) project sites in Concepcion, Iloilo, with respect to the application of hybrid green-gray infrastructure, climate change resilience and disaster risk reduction. > Two pilot sites (Bagongon and Tambaliza) have been chosen for the implementation […]
Signature of the agreement
Project officially launched on Thursday 8 November 2018 in Dakar: Signature of the project agreement by the FFEM and Dakar Ecological Monitoring Centre (CSE) > Signing ceremony
CIFEODD SYMPOSIUM/IFP 2018/PONDICHERRY (INDIA)
The CIFEODD Symposium on “Human and Natural transformations of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems: state and sharing of knowledge” took place from 23-25 October in Pondicherry > Find out more at: https://pondi-dd-2018.sciencesconf.org/