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Mangrove restoration, Bangladesh (Erftemeijer 1999)

OPP-E7GXM8permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-E7GXM8

Completed (successful/maintained)
Country
Bangladesh

Goal

Technique: Planting mangroves (seeds, seedlings or propagules) Afforestration of the Delta Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna in Bangladesh for coastline protection against cyclones and storms between 1980-1990. Funding by the World Bank. Spatial extent 1.2e+09 ha as reported. Reported project duration 10,0 year(s). Average survival 42,8% as reported.

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Project's total contribution
No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Cover area
1 variable · 12000000 km² · 1980-01-01 to 1980-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)
pending
Self-reported
Cover area · 1.1.1.1
pending
0 → 1200000000 ha · health —% → —%
Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Erftemeijer P, Lewis III R (1999) Planting mangroves on intertidal mudflats: habitat restoration or habitat conversion. In: Proceedings of the ECOTONE VIII seminar enhancing coastal ecosystems restora.

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.