Mangrove restoration, South end of Key Biscayne, Florida (Milano 1999)

OPP-72QRQWpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-72QRQW

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: USA

Goal

Technique: Hydrological restoration - facilitation of a natural recovery Clearing exotic vegetation, removing 30,000 cubic yards of solid waste, removing 600,000 cubic yards of dredge spoil material, creating 75 acre of tidally connected mangrove wetlands, installing 3 major flushing connections and culvert connection, installing a network of inter-tidal flushing creeks, creating 10 acres of freshwater isolated wetlands. Spatial extent 343983 ha as reported.

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Cover area

1 variable · 3439.83 km² · 1999-01-01 to 1999-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Cover area · 1.1.1.1

pending

0 → 343983 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Milano G (1999) Restoration of coastal wetlands in southeastern Florida. Wetl J 11:15–24.

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.