Survival and growth performances of some mangrove species replanted in the ex-agricultural land of the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar

This paper assesses the extent of success and failure of mangrove plantations in Myanmar, restored by local people with the help of foresters under a community forestry program initiated in 1995. The species of these restored plantations are Avicennia officinalis, Avicennia marina and Heritiera fomes, each of which was restored on two plots, one on low and one on high ground, yielding a total of six plots. These plots have been continuously monitored in order to investigate survival and growth rates. The plots were established on abandoned land that had been previously used for paddy cultivation. Cyclone Nargis hit these plantations during the monitoring period, at the beginning of May, 2008. As a consequence, the survival rates of A. officinalis on low ground and A. marina on high ground declined slightly, but the overall affect was not severe. Excluding individuals affected by the cyclone, height and diameter growth of A. officinalis and A. marina were significantly higher on low ground than on high ground, i.e. on sites thought to be consistently similar to the natural habitats of these species. Contrary to these two Avicennia species, the height growth of H. fomes was higher on high ground than on low ground; the diameter growth was not significantly different. As the growth of H. fomes was very slow, however, it is still not possible to describe the differences clearly. This study may provide useful guidelines for foresters and local people to establish successful mangrove restorations and to predict production from community-owned mangrove forests.

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Survival and growth performances of some mangrove species replanted in the ex-agricultural land of the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar

Abstract: The aim of this study is to clarify the sur vival and growth performances of six native mangrove species (Avicennia officinalis, Avicennia marina, Br uguiera sexangula, Heritiera fomes, Rhizophora apiculata and Sonneratia apetala) that were replanted on abandoned paddy fields in the

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Conversion of abandoned paddy fields to productive land through mangrove restoration in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta

Conversion of abandoned paddy fields to productive land through mangrove restoration in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta

Assessing the status of three mangrove species restored by the local community in the cyclone-affected area of the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar

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