DONOR This project was funded by USAID. Rehabilitated and restored mangrove ecosystems have important ecological, economic, and social values for coastal communities. Puerto Villamil is the only tropical town on the planet to … Mangroves are an important feeding area for the endemic Galapagos penguin in Puerto Villamil, Isabela. Dr.Leni D. Camacho, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines, ... 19 Importance-influence matrix in the implementation of the mangrove When it comes to mangrove restoration in areas where there are fishponds, Dr. Wodehouse emphasized the importance of social arrangements in coastal ecosystems conservation as a whole. These penguins are critically endangered, rely highly on the mangrove and are highly susceptible to alterations to the marine ecosystem. Mangrove is a unique ecosystem in coastal areas that plays an important role in protecting environment and can improve human welfare. MANGROVE REHABILITATION GUIDELINES A382466 Page 5 of 20 1.1 PURPOSE OF GUIDELINES These guidelines have been generated to provide more certainty around mangrove rehabilitation and to suggest current best practice methods to maximise the chances of success. Mangrove rehabilitation is carried out to restore the declining mangrove ecosystem and active community involvements are needed to ensure the success of rehabilitation. DURATION 1 October 2012 – 30 September 2015. Community-based Mangrove Rehabilitation Training Manual FIG. Restoration is returning a habitat to the most natural condition, whereas rehabilitation often focuses on optimising ecosystem services alongside biodiversity. Although a sine qua non of successful mangrove rehabilitation or restoration projects is accurate attention to local hydrology and basic biology of mangrove trees and their associated fauna, their long-term success depends on far more axes, each with their own challenges. He said that the real challenge is getting the social science right and encouraging community stakeholders to do what is best for the environment. Support community rehabilitation and sustainable management of mangrove forests; Explore sustainable finance models and mechanisms that support long-term community based mangrove forest management, including; adaptation funding and REDD+/mangrove carbon finance. Sustainable Mangrove Rehabilitation for Global and Local Benefits The following collaborators worked on this project: 1. 3. Primavera and Esteban (2008) reviewed eight mangrove rehabilitation projects in the Philippines and found out that despite heavy funding in the hundreds of millions of dollars to rehabilitate thousands of hectares of mangroves over the last two decades, the long-term survival rates of mangroves are generally low at 10–20 %. The importance of mangroves is beautifully illustrated by Vietnamese artist Ta Luu. 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