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Mangrove Action Project was formed in 1992. Its founders – Alfredo Quarto, Ian Baird and Pisit Charnsonah – had witnessed firsthand the rapid devastation of the world's mangrove forests and decided to take action by combining science-backed …

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Restoration Consultancy in East Kalimantan

In 2018, our team was asked to consult on a 50ha mangrove site that had been enclosed and cleared, resulting in a loss of tree cover that allowed the mangrove floor to be eroded away. Hills were washed into and filled draining channels, resulting in a flatter pond floor with poorly drained, often saturated soil.

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Between 23-25 July, 2018 my colleague Em (Mr. Udomsak Pariwatpan) from the MAP Thailand team and I, together with eight CBEMR network representatives from Ranong, Phang Nga, Krabi and Trang Provinces in Thailand celebrated Mangrove Action Day or the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on the 26 th of July by learning and sharing …

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MAP News Issue 402, October 29, 2016

Mangrove Restoration in Asia – Watch Short Video READ A MOSAIC OF LIFE Peek into the underwater world of mangroves, ... Help Mangrove Action Project through your recycled E-Waste. List of Accepted E-waste Items: Injet Cartidges, Cell Phones, Pagers, GPS, Radar Detectors, Mobile Hot Spots, Calculators, eBook Readers, iPods/MP3 players, Digital ...

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Jim Enright

Jim is MAP's former Asia Coordinator (1999-2018), overseeing every stage of our Thailand projects. Today, he continues to assist MAP with Community-based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) training workshops around the globe. Before joining MAP, Jim spent 7 years working on coastal resource issues in Thailand. Jim has an honors degree... Read more »

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MAP's mangrove conservation and restoration project at …

The community joined MAP to undertake a CBEMR project with the objective to restore 2 hectares of abandoned shrimp ponds back to mangroves. The site consists of 3 ponds as seen in the Google Earth image above with little or no tidal exchange, especially pond #2 and #3 which was were waterlogged with few mangrove seeds entering the ponds and the …

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Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration …

Mangrove Action Project (MAP) promotes the concept and practice of Community-based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR). This holistic approach to mangrove restoration views the proposed plant and animal communities to be restored as part of a larger ecosystem, connected with other ecological communities that also have

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MAP-Asia Utilizes Soil Excavator to Establish New Mangrove …

By Marc Flegel, MAP-Asia Volunteer Intern from Germany For the first time MAP-Asia is using the help of heavy machinery in the field in order to extend the toolkit of Ecological Mangrove Restoration (EMR) a little bit and undertake a slightly bigger scale demonstration project. Excavator adjusting topography in pond at Laem Makam village, Trang province to improve …

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EPIC Short Video Starts Rolling

The team shot video of the two EPIC mangrove restoration demonstration sites on Klang Island in the Krabi River Estuary Ramsar Site, as well as the project advisory committee meeting, site monitoring, hydrological improvement work, Project Abroad volunteers engaged in restoration site maintenance and interviewed key project stakeholders.

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Our Team

Jim is MAP's former Asia Coordinator (1999-2018), overseeing every stage of our Thailand projects. Today, he continues to assist MAP with Community-based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) training workshops around the …

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GNF

For years, the NGO Mangrove Action Project (MAP) has been promoting the restoration of mangrove forests in Asia. For this purpose, the organisation has successfully developed and implemented an alternative restoration method …

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MAP-Asia staff attended the Daimler Review Meeting in India

Three MAP-Asia staff (Jim Enright, Jaruwan Enright (Ning) and Udomsak Pariwatpan (Em)) participated in Daimler Review Meeting "Involving communities in the restoration and rehabilitation of tropical mangrove ecosystem in Asia" held at Chennai Park Hyatt Hotel and the YWCA International Guest House, Chennai, India on 19-20 September 2017.The meeting was co …

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MAP turns 30

From the beginning, I saw a small group of highly committed individuals with an outsized mission. While most of their work seemed to be coming out of the SE Asia office in Thailand, their restoration projects were global, from Australia to Vietnam, on every continent, with places like Belize, Columbia, and Senegal in between.

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Mangrove Restoration: It [s More Than Just Planting

Asia Coordinator, Mangrove Action Project. B207, 31/1 Chang Residence, Vienkapang Rd, Amphur Muang. Trang. 92000 Thailand ... Mangrove Restoration [ (CBEMR) technique for restoring mangroves, which focuses on facilitating natural regeneration of the trees and plants. This summary has been developed for groups who wish to understand

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Changing Conservation in the Philippines

The mangrove forests of Southeast Asia are home to an incredible array of species and provide vital services upon which millions of people depend. They offer communities numerous benefits including buffering against tropical storms and reducing coastal erosion. ... The metrics of restoration have to adapt locally. People then think that if they ...

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Mangroves, An Invaluable Ally Against Climate Change

By Alfredo Quarto,, Mangrove Action Project Mangroves are the rainforests by the sea, found at the boundary where land meets ocean. They serve a wide range of ecological functions, providing economically valuable products and services. Mangroves, once estimated to cover an area of over 36 million hectares, dominated large stretches... Read more »

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MAP's EPIC Mangrove video: A global success!

The video highlights the importance of restoring abandoned shrimp ponds of which there are an estimated 250,000 hectares in Asia. Formerly, these ponds were healthy mangrove ecosystems providing a long list of goods and services to their local communities and locking up vast quantities of carbon. MAP has been using the Community-Based Ecological Restoration …

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Mangrove Action Project

Mangrove Action Project (MAP) is a small, education-focused US-registered 501c(3) non-profit. We work in partnership with all mangrove-interested parties from individuals and community groups to academics, governments, international NGO networks and supranational organisations. MAP has two training products: a best practice 'Community-Based Ecological Mangrove …

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ANNUAL REPORT: MANGROVE ACTION PROJECT FY 2017

ANNUAL REPORT: MANGROVE ACTION PROJECT FY 2017 MAP Continues to Promote CBEMR as a "Best Practice" Method for Long-term Mangrove Restoration MAP Asia joined with Wetlands International to produce a much-needed booklet entitled "To Plant or Not to Plant." This important publication has already been

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Strengthening Mangrove Restoration in Mozambique

The three-day restoration training, beginning on May 27th, included comprehensive sessions on mangrove biology, ecology, and the Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) process. The workshop kicked off with introductions from SOMN and WWF representatives, who emphasized the importance of policy coordination, restoration, and ...

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MAP Asia ventures into developing mangrove nature trails

The first project is located at the Klong Lu Homestay, on Koh Klang Island, Krabi Province, Southern Thailand with the combined trail and mangrove restoration project completed in December 2015, with the support from the Global Nature Fund (GNF). The mangrove restoration site, which was an abandoned shrimp pond, is situated next to the Klong Lu Homestay and …

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Restoration Training

Since 2005, MAP has organized and moderated "MAP-CBEMR," a 500+ member listserv of mangrove restoration practitioners. If you're a mangrove habitat restorationist, join our global Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration Group to connect with experts, share knowledge, and enhance the success of mangrove restoration projects worldwide!

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MAP Visits the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest

In December 2023, the MAP team visited the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, sprawling across southern Bangladesh and eastern India, covering approximately 10,000 square kilometers. The visit provided a firsthand exploration of the forest and some of the fantastic groups working to conserve and protect it. The Sundarbans play a... Read more »

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Restoring mangroves lost by aquaculture offers large blue …

The expansion of aquaculture ponds has been the primary anthropogenic factor causing mangrove loss over the past few decades, 17 especially in China and southeast Asia 18, 19 (including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam). The development of aquaculture ponds has led to …

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Case Study Archive

Strengthening Mangrove Restoration in Mozambique. Location: Mozambique Timeline: 27-30th May 2024 Goal: The program introduced participants to the SOMN initiative and mangrove restoration in Mozambique, enhanced…

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