Coastal zone managment

Question

The hope beach area has been degrading and the mangrove restoration intervention have failed . You were hired as a consultant develop a proposal to protect the hooe beach area. In your proposal you should include the following

Provide a background of mangrove restoration intervention in Guyana with Regards to coastal protection and highlight reasons for failure.

Develop an approach to protect the coastline and remaining mangroves of the area . Be sure to comment on the feasibility and effectiveness of each approach .

Answer 1

Hi Renieca Brianka K.,

There's a puzzling piece to your query: you are asked to propose a single approach to the reforestation of the mangrove belt, but also asked to comment on the feasibility and effectiveness of each approach?

Be that as it may,assuming you have read the literature on the specific history of the Guyana attempt, you may need to broaden your scope to examine the techniques and factors which have been found critical elsewhere. A possible reference on that is in Estuaries and Coasts, Vol 30 No. 4, pp 641-651 (Aug. 2007). That paper quotes survival rates of 2 spp., with modest investment in materials, some readily available as recycle (used tires for seedling protectors). I'm sure you may find other references; don't be shy about asking your school, township, or local college libraries for access or for paper reprints (assuming, of course, that such are open for business!!). Look also for university faculty doing such research (check their school department websites), what they have published or otherwise posted online, etc.

--Cheers, -- Mr. d.