Mangroves are a unique
intertidal ecosystem that connects land and sea views. They provide habitat for
terrestrial and marine species, support the livelihoods of millions of mostly
poor people globally, and are considered high priority habitats in climate
change mitigation strategies, because of their extraordinary carbon
sequestration capacity. Mangroves are degraded globally, with land use change
being the single most serious threat at present. Restoration / rehabilitation
of diverse, functional, resource-rich and resilient mangrove forests is a major
development challenge in many countries, including Indonesia. The Blue
Revolution - the conversion of mangroves to (unsustainable) aquaculture ponds
in the 80s and 90s is one of the main reasons why the country has lost 40% of
its mangroves over the past three decades. This has caused many problems for
people's lives and stopping and reversing the loss of natural mangrove assets
in Indonesia is key to improving coastal livelihoods and reducing poverty. The
Indonesian government currently spends about $ 13 million a year planting
mangroves in degraded areas. Most planting projects in Indonesia and elsewhere
in the world have failed, and it is largely understandable why. Community
participation is the key to a sustainable mangrove ecosystem for
self-management and self-care systems.
CoReNat will investigate the results of a community-based mangrove restoration / rehabilitation (R / R) project in the heart of Wallacea - North Sulawesi - Indonesia, to reveal whether this mangrove forest is “As good as (G) Old?”. The overall objective of the project is to assess whether the mangrove ecosystem's biodiversity, function, resilience and service provision has been restored, and to make evidence-based recommendations for maximizing the success of future R / R efforts in Wallacea (and beyond). Combining UK and Indonesian scientific experience, expertise and excellence, CoReNat will provide evidence-based recommendations to relevant stakeholders to guide and maximize the success of future ecological R / R efforts. CoReNat takes a new interdisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive ecosystem evaluation of restored / rehabilitated and adjacent natural mangrove forests (reference), bringing together paleoecology, geoscience, botany, zoology, environmental microbiology, ecological network analysis combined with next generation sequencing, toxicology and bio -exploration.
CoReNat will provide new
data on biodiversity and area species (mangrove related) interactions, for
conservation as well as rehabilitated / restored mangrove forests applying and
producing innovative new tools for the field of mangrove restoration providing
data that will enable a better understanding of biodiversity, Mono-specific
versus multi-specific mangrove functions and services support the provision of
conservation, restoration / rehabilitation and mangrove management solutions
exploring local uses of conserved and restored mangroves, as well as potential
new avenues for business and innovation, to help balance conservation needs
with economic development
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