Mangrove restoration, Andhra Pradesh, east coast of India (Society 2007)

OPP-CH9DW9permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-CH9DW9

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: India

Goal

Technique: Hydrological restoration - facilitation of a natural recovery, planting Digging of channels to reduce salinity, facilitate tidal flushing, and drain stagnant water. Applying channel techniques, instead of simple plantation of seedlings, and a fish bone pattern of channels. Nursery-raised mangrove saplings were planted (in October and November) along the trapezoid-shaped channels. Spatial extent 5.2e+06 ha as reported. Reported project duration 7,0 year(s).

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Cover area

1 variable · 52000 km² · 1997-01-01 to 1997-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Cover area · 1.1.1.1

pending

0 → 5200000 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Society for Ecological Restoration (2007) India: Mangrove Restoration in Andhra Pradesh; Source: http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/database/case-study/?id=60; M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundatio.

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.