Mangrove restoration, Puerto Rico (Spurgeon 1999)

OPP-6ZEXQWpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-6ZEXQW

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: Puerto Rico

Goal

Technique: Hydrological restoration - facilitation of a natural recovery, planting Restoration of the tidal flushing to 400 ha of black mangrove, topographical alterations to increase tidal flow and saltwater exchange, clearance of exotic vegetation and planting of mangroves. See: NOAA (1997d) Coastal Restoration and Protection. Lessons learned. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Damage Assessment and Restoration Program. Silver Springs, MD. Spatial extent 4e+06 ha as reported.

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Cover area

1 variable · 40000 km² · 1999-01-01 to 1999-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Cover area · 1.1.1.1

pending

0 → 4000000 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Spurgeon J (1999) The socio-economic costs and benefits of coastal habitat rehabilitation and creation. Mar Pollut Bull 37:373–382.

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.