WEBINAR “Managing the coastline through soft solutions: examples of projects implemented in France and West Africa
This webinar will take place on Friday, November 20, 2020 10:00 – 12:00 CET (in french) > Register on line
Drivers of Global Mangrove Loss : A Global Analysis of the Human and Natural Threats to Mangrove Forests from 2000-2016
The document present a global analysis at 30-m resolution of the drivers of mangrove losses from 2000-2016, mapping the distribution of loss due to agriculture and aquaculture, settlement, non-productive conversion, erosion, and extreme weather events. Goldberg, L., Lagomasino, D., Thomas, N. and Fatoyinbo, T. (2020), Global declines in human‐driven mangrove loss. Glob Change Biol. Accepted […]
Webinar on Mangrove Restoration
Friday, July 24, 2020. Organized by the Nairobi Convention, a webinar on mangrove restoration > To register : Nairobi Convention Webinar on Mangrove Restoration
Regional Strategy for Mangrove Management, Conservation, Restoration and Monitoring in the Mesoamerican Reef 2020-2025
The four countries comprising the Mesoamerican Reef System (MAR ecoregion), which include Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras have vast expanses of mangroves. But mangrove losses are very high (about 110,000 ha in the last 20 years) and, under the coordination of Marfund and its partners, a major workshop was held to develop the mangrove protection […]
Participatory science : an application to observe mangroves
The Tropical Wetlands Pole-Relay launches a participatory application of observations. This application enables stakeholders to train themselves to recognize the different mangrove species in their territory (frenhc overseas territories), and to report disturbances or observations of fauna species (photo and/or video support!) and thus become fully involved in the protection and management of mangroves in […]
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 […]
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/