|
Announcement: Mangrove Action Project Forms E-Working Group Following IHOF #11 Workshop On Mangrove Restoration, Vijayawada AP, India, November 2005.
The Mangrove Action Project (MAP) in partnership with Coastal Community Development Programme (CCDP) have completed a very successful IHOF (In the Hands of Fishers) #11 workshop with the title "Ecological Mangrove Restoration" Nov.7-12, 2005 in Vijayawada AP India. This workshop was a training workshop for practitioners of mangrove restoration, using hydrological restoration as the preferred method. Mangrove restoration was also a focus at IHOF #9, but this five day workshop went into much greater detail under the instruction and guidance of mangrove restoration expert, Robin Lewis, of Salt Springs, Florida USA (see attached photograph).
One of the follow-up requests of IHOF #11 participants was for the establishment of a means by which people could easily share information, seek information, post information, and continue to learn from each others mangrove restoration experiences. Several persons recommended a yahoo e-group be set-up to serve this purpose. Dominic Wodehouse a member of the International Tree Foundation (ITF) who attended IHOF #11 and who has been a volunteer in our MAP office during Dec. agreed to take this on and set it up for MAP. The "Ecological Mangrove Restoration" (EMR) Yahoo e-group has now been in function on a test basis for several weeks. Dominic although he has returned to the UK has agreed to continue as the monitor of the group for the time being.
EMR Group Description: This is a closed group, drawn from the attendees of an Ecological Mangrove Restoration Workshop. The workshop took place in Vijayawada, India, November 2005. Members of this group are concerned with protecting and restoring mangroves around the world.
Mangrove Restoration Course ANNOUNCEMENT 2009 Word Doc PDF
Dont let this happen to your Mangrove restoration project.
Literature Citations:
Erftemeijer, P. L. A., and R. R. Lewis. 2000. Planting mangroves on intertidal mudflats: habitat restoration or habitat conversion? Pages 156-165 in Proceedings of the ECOTONE VIII Seminar "Enhancing Coastal Ecosystems Restoration for the 21st Century, Ranong, Thailand, 23-28 May 1999. Royal Forest Department of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand.
Lewis, R. R. 1999. Key concepts in successful ecological restoration of mangrove forests. Pages 12-32 in Proceedings of the TCE-Workshop No. II, Coastal Environmental Improvement in Mangrove/Wetland Ecosystems, 18-23 August 1998, Ranong, Thailand. Danish-SE Asian Collaboration in Tropical Coastal Ecosystems (TCE) Research and Training. NACA, P.O. Box 1040, Bangkok, Thailand 10903
Lewis, R. R. 2000a. Don't forget wetland habitat protection and restoration for Florida's fisheries. National Wetlands Newsletter 22(6): 9-10 + 20.
Lewis, R. R. 2000b. Ecologically based goal setting in mangrove forest and tidal marsh restoration in Florida. Ecological Engineering 15(3-4): 191-198.
Lewis, R.R. 2005. Ecological engineering for successful management and restoration of mangrove forests. Ecological Engineering 24 (4 SI):403-418. (http://www.royrlewis.com/Ecol_Eng_Mangrove_Rest_Lewis_2005.pdf)
Lewis, R. R., and M. J. Marshall. 1998. Principles of successful restoration of shrimp aquaculture ponds back to mangrove forests. Page 327 in World Aquaculture Society Book of Abstracts, Aquaculture '98, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Abstract)
Lewis, R. R., and W. Streever. 2000. Restoration of mangrove habitat. Tech Note ERDC TN-WRP-VN-RS-3.2 U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi. 7 pp. (http://www.wes.army.mil/el/wrtc/wrp/tnotes/vnrs3-2.pdf)
Lewis, R. R., A. B. Hodgson, and G. S. Mauseth. 2005. Project facilitates the natural reseeding of mangrove forests (Florida). Ecological Restoration 23(4):276-77.
(http://www.mangroverestoration.com/LEWISH_1.PDF)
Stevenson, N. J., R. R. Lewis and P. R. Burbridge. 1999. Disused shrimp ponds and mangrove rehabilitation. Pages 277-297 in "An International Perspective on Wetland Rehabilitation", W. J. Streever (Ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. 338 pp. (http://www.mangroverestoration.com/Stevenson_et_al_1999_Disused_Shrimp_Ponds.pdf)
Turner, R. E., and R. R. Lewis. 1997. Hydrologic restoration of coastal wetlands. Wetlands Ecol. Manage. 4(2):65-72.
|
Welcome to the Mangrove Restoration website. Our goal is to ensure the survival of the worlds various mangrove species through preservation and conservation.
