Mangrove restoration, Nu’uuli, Tutuila Island (Gilman 2007)

OPP-DERJZ8permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-DERJZ8

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: American Samoa

Goal

Technique: Planting mangroves (saplings or small trees) Using low-cost, non-technical methods to transplant mangrove saplings (0.5 - 0.8m tall, < 15 leaf scars on the trunk, collected) into tires filled with sediment, adjacent to rebar/pipe/wooden sticks or without any support with a spacing of 1 m. Local community (incl. adjacent landowners, village mayor, village council, villagers) was involved in the project to minimize the risk of human disturbance on the restoration Spatial extent 1700 ha as reported. Reported project duration 1,0 year(s). Average survival 38,0% as reported.

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Cover area

1 variable · 17 km² · 2006-01-01 to 2006-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Cover area · 1.1.1.1

pending

0 → 1700 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Gilman E, Ellison J (2007) Efficacy of alternative low-cost approaches to mangrove restoration, American Samoa. Estuaries and Coasts 30:641–651.

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.