Mangrove restoration, Carey Island (Motamedi 2014)

OPP-KETEXBpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-KETEXB

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: Malaysia

Goal

Technique: Hydrological restoration - facilitation of a natural recovery, planting A breakwater structure was installed in 2009 and mangroves were replanted. Nursery-raised 20-cm-tall seedlings of Rhizophora apiculata and Avicennia marina were chosen because Avicennia marina is the most dominant species on Carey Island and Rhizophora apiculata is the major species at the target site. Both species were planted in a grid system using coir logs and conventional planting methods. Here, the construction Spatial extent 1920 ha as reported. Reported project duration 4,0 year(s). Average survival 5,0% as reported.

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Cover area

1 variable · 19.2 km² · 2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Cover area · 1.1.1.1

pending

0 → 1920 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Motamedi S, Hashim R, Zakaria R, Song KI, Sofawi B (2014) Long-term assessment of an innovative mangrove rehabilitation project: Case study on Carey Island, Malaysia. Sci World J 2014.

A variable shows "pending" instead of a contribution when no domain area has been set for it yet — the share of the world a project touched cannot be computed without one. The health percentages are accurate regardless.