Mangrove recovery by habitat restoration using nature-based solutions

IF 3.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Engineering Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107520

Johan C. Winterwerp , Annalise Bayney , Sabine Engel , Luandra Jack , Kene Moseley , Bob Smits

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Abstract

This paper presents five examples of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to restore degraded mangroves and mangrove-mud coasts. These examples are meant to provide inspiration for the restoration of other such coasts. The designs are based on a qualitative/conceptual understanding of the bio-physical system. This is obtained mainly from an in-depth analysis of historic satellite images and historic maps, while quantitative data are scarce, as is generally the case in these environments.

One example reflects the restoration of circulation and flushing in a small bay in the SW of the Caribbean Island Bonaire. Drainage channels were overgrown, and the forest was attacked from the back by hyper-salinity and the inflow of silts. The first, more urgent problem has now been addressed by re-opening a few channels, restoring circulation and flushing, and mangrove recruitment restarted.

The other four examples are from Guyana and Suriname. Though all sites are part of the greater Guiana coastal zone and driven by the same physical processes, local conditions are so different that different NbS-solutions were required to catch and arrest sufficient sediments to recreate mangrove habitat. The examples show why and how one solution works at one location, while elsewhere another approach was successful.

This paper can be regarded as a supplement to the Engineering with Nature Atlas issued by ERDC in 2024, which focuses on temperate climate environments though.

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Ecological Engineering 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

8.00

自引率

5.30%

发文量

293

审稿时长

57 days

期刊介绍： Ecological engineering has been defined as the design of ecosystems for the mutual benefit of humans and nature. The journal is meant for ecologists who, because of their research interests or occupation, are involved in designing, monitoring, or restoring ecosystems, and can serve as a bridge between ecologists and engineers. Specific topics covered in the journal include: habitat reconstruction; ecotechnology; synthetic ecology; bioengineering; restoration ecology; ecology conservation; ecosystem rehabilitation; stream and river restoration; reclamation ecology; non-renewable resource conservation. Descriptions of specific applications of ecological engineering are acceptable only when situated within context of adding novelty to current research and emphasizing ecosystem restoration. We do not accept purely descriptive reports on ecosystem structures (such as vegetation surveys), purely physical assessment of materials that can be used for ecological restoration, small-model studies carried out in the laboratory or greenhouse with artificial (waste)water or crop studies, or case studies on conventional wastewater treatment and eutrophication that do not offer an ecosystem restoration approach within the paper.