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Code:PRJP0000015
Title:Chinglo mangrove restoration project in Penghu County
Institution:National Pingtung University of Science and Technology collaborated with Penghu County Government.
Address:Department of Forestry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
1, Hseuh Fu Road, Nei, Pu, Pingtung, Taiwan
Tel: +-886-7740307 Fax: +-886-7740134
Coordinator:Kuei-Chu Fan
Address:email: fankc+AEA-mail.npust.edu.tw
Date-commence:August 1994
Duration:2 years
Locations:An urban wetland at Tainan City, Taiwan
Sponsors:Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
Collabs:-
Objectives:Restore the mangrove ecosystem that was destroyed for aquaculture in 1974.
The site is only 1.5 ha, Rhizophora stylosa, Avicennia marina and Kandelia candel were directly sowed The site is only 1.5 ha, Rhizophora stylosa, Avicennia marina and Kandelia candel were directly sowed with propagules, and Lumnitzera racemosa were planted with one-year-old seedlings. The survival rate and growth of all four mangrove species progressed very well during the first two years of the project. However, growth was arrested by stresses from the harsh environment, including high salinity, heavy low-nutrient soil (fish farmers removed the fertile silt), strong winds and heavy salt spray during the winter. The author visited the site in August 2001, when only 15 R. stylosa saplings had with propagules, and Lumnitzera racemosa were planted with one-year-old seedlings. The survival rate and growth of all four mangrove species progressed very well during the first two years of the project. However, growth was arrested by stresses from the harsh environment, including high salinity, heavy low-nutrient soil (fish farmers removed the fertile silt), strong winds and heavy salt spray during the winter. The author visited the site in August 2001, when only 15 R. stylosa saplings had survived, and the K. candel samples also gradually declined and died. The salt tolerant A. marina is the dominant species but a dwarf mangrove form (seven years old) is present, with a sapling height of only 35-70 cm. Most of the L. racemosa seedlings survived, but these have not grown significantly in height either.
Keep observing the growth performance of A. marina and L. racemosa. It is no need to replant any mangrove species in future.
Keywords:
Management
  Conservation
  Environmental impact
 
  Forestry
  Reforestation
 
   
  Replanting
 
  Fishery
  Aquaculture
 
  Conservation
  Environmental protection
 
  Threats
  Conversion
 
   
  Natural hazard
 
   
  Salt
Geography
  Country
  Taiwan
 
  Regions
  West Pacific

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