Restoration of the mangrove of Cuajiniquil: a testimony from the Phoenix expedition

Phoenix expedition is a sailing expedition whose ambition is to participate in the “regeneration of the ocean”. Leaving from Brittany in February 2022 to California, the team meets, documents and helps along the way projects of restoration of coastal ecosystems (corals, mangroves, sea grass beds, oyster reefs…). It was in this context that the crew […]

Update of the project in Philippines

In the Philippines, the project covers 4 sites in the province of Iliolo: Bagongon, Loong, North Bacjawan, Tambaliza. The document presents the progress of the project in the various components: – Installation of green and grey infrastructures: In each of the sites, combining soft solutions (mainly bamboo structures) and grey solutions (small stone dikes) to […]

Restoration of the Cuajiniquil mangrove: already impressive results

  These videos report on the magnificent restoration work carried out in the mangrove Bahia Tomas (Cuajiniquil), with the project teams and the community of Cuajiniquil. > Testimonies of those involved in the restoration of Cuajiniquil, in a very nice interview on the website of the NGO Área de Conservación Guanacaste. Videos: the site after […]

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 […]

C’est pas du vent… (It’s not wind)

Costa Rica-Benin: South-South mobilization to help mangroves. On 16/04/2020, Radio France International (RFI) devoted its radio show “C’est pas du vent” (“It’s not wind”) to mangroves, through FGEF projects, with the participation of Janique Etienne (FFEM) and Ebenezer Houndjinou (NGO Corde, in charge of the mangrove restoration project in the Mono Delta sector in Benin), […]