The BIOFUND Virtual Library is an online archive of information on Mozambique’s biodiversity, organized along the lines suggested by the Convention on Biodiversity’s Clearing House Mechanism. The Virtual Library will strive to make available all the documents, studies, reports, articles, educational and communications materials, maps and digital files that have been produced, to serve as a repository of our collective institutional memory as a conservation community. The usefulness of the Virtual Library will improve the more we share amongst ourselves. If you have any materials that are not currently part of the Virtual Library, please click on "Add Document" and become a contributor.
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Author
Year of Publication
Oil Spills in Coral Reefs: Planning and Response Considerations
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sd
N/A
This guide is intended to serve several functions and several audiences. We hope that resource agency personnel, state and federal agencies, and responders of all types working in or planning for response in coral reef regions will find useful information here. It is not intended to be a specific guide for choosing cleanup methods, as many good versions of these exist already. Rather, we summarize current research on coral reefs from the perspective of those who may need to make decisions about response in these regions and present the information in an accessible format for people with some science or response background
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Oil Spills in Coral Reefs: Planning and Response Considerations
Nota de Orientação 6 Preservação da Biodiversidade e Manejo Sustentável dos Recursos Naturais
IFC
2006
N/A
Esta Nota de Orientação 6 corresponde ao Padrão de Desempenho 6. Para obter informações adicionais, favor consultar também os Padrões de Desempenho 1-5 e 7-8, bem como as Notas de Orientação correspondentes. As informações bibliográficas de todo o material de consulta que aparece no texto desta Nota de Orientação podem ser encontradas na Seção de Referências que se encontra no final.
O Padrão de Desempenho 6 reconhece que a proteção e a preservação da biodiversidade – a diversidade de vida em todas as suas formas, inclusive a diversidade genética, das espécies e dos ecossistemas – e sua capacidade de mudar e evoluir, são fundamentais para o desenvolvimento sustentável. Os componentes da biodiversidade, conforme definição da Convenção sobre Biodiversidade, incluem ecossistemas e habitats, espécies e comunidades, genes e genomas, todos com importância social, econômica, cultural e científica. Este Padrão de Desempenho reflete os objetivos da Convenção sobre Biodiversidade para preservar a biodiversidade e promover o uso de recursos naturais renováveis de maneira sustentável.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Nota de Orientação 6 Preservação da Biodiversidade e Manejo Sustentável dos Recursos Naturais
Nonhalogenated Organics Using GC/FID
EPA
1996
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Ocelot Density and Home Range in Belize, Central America: Camera-Trapping and Radio Telemetry
Dillon, A.
2005
N/A
Historically, ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) were hunted in large numbers for their fur, causing declines in population abundance across their range. In recent decades protection measures (e.g. CITES) and decreased public demand for ocelot fur resulted in declines in hunting pressure. Do to their elusive nature there is little known about ocelot population size, structure or general ecology. This lack of information hampers our ability to provide protection for this endangered species.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Ocelot Density and Home Range in Belize, Central America: Camera-Trapping and Radio Telemetry
Ocupação da terra por emprendimentos económicos no país: relatório da avaliação preliminar das áreas com potencial de conflitos de interesse
Manuel, L. & César, F.
2014
Cabo Delgado
CTV
Em 2013, o Centro Terra Viva (CTV) iniciou a monitoria dos processos e procedimentos seguidos pelas instituições do Estado para o licenciamento ambiental e de uso da terra de empreendimentos económicos que recaem sobre as áreas ocupadas pelas comunidades locais. O projecto da fábrica de liquefacção do gás natural, a ser implantado pela Anadarko no distrito de Palma, em Cabo Delgado, marcou o arranque desta actividade. A partir de 2015, a instituição pretende estender este tipo de acções a outros pontos do país.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Ocupação da terra por emprendimentos económicos no país: relatório da avaliação preliminar das áreas com potencial de conflitos de interesse
Northern Corridor Transport Improvement Project Embakasi – Machakos Turn Off (A109/A104) Dual Carriageway
NORCONSULT INTERNATIONAL A.S
2004
N/A
One of the objectives of the study is to identify and update the most appropriate economically justified design and construction methodology for the dual carriageway road. This preliminary environmental impact assessment (EIA) study, of the existing road and proposed works, is to be undertaken as part of the design and update review.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Impact Assessment
None
Northern Corridor Transport Improvement Project Embakasi – Machakos Turn Off (A109/A104) Dual Carriageway
Offshore Wind And Wave Energy Background
Ad
Sd
N/A
In the recent years Portugal has developed remarkable features on the Renewable Energy sector. The development started with the Governmental commitment to accomplish the European Directive for Renewable Energies (2001/77/CE) and with the definition of national goals which are presently defined by the National Strategy for Energy (ENE) and the ambitious intention of the installation of 8500 MW of wind capacity by 2020 [Costa et al. w/d].
Mozambique: Country Report to the FAO International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources
da Silva, M. Et al.
1996
N/A
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Mozambique: Country Report to the FAO International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources
Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) distribution in Australia
PESTSMART
2012
N/A
The Mozambique tilapia is a species of deep-bodied fish belonging to the family Cichlidae. The ecological impacts of introduced Mozambique tilapia have been studied extensively in many parts of the world. It can out-compete native fish and invertebrates due to its aggressive behaviour and wide ecological tolerances. It is also capable of causing habitat degradation through nest-building activities, and transferring pathogens and parasites to native fish. In Australia, more research is needed to fully understand its economic, social and ecological effects. However, habitat modification, spreading disease and biodiversity reduction are some of the likely impacts.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) distribution in Australia
Nature provides treasure trove of medical inspiration
A recent analysis highlights the potential of natural products as an indispensable source for drug discovery. Natural compounds can be used directly as potential medicines or can provide templates for the design of synthetic and semi-synthetic drugs. Furthermore, because of their ability to interact selectively with biological macromolecules, they also provide a tool to better understand biochemical processes and thus identify new potential targets for the treatment of human diseases.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Nature provides treasure trove of medical inspiration
The occurrence of extreme climate events in Mozambique constitutes a great barrier to swift sustainable economic development due to human and material damages. This includes the loss of crops due to extreme events, which can occur at least once a year. As a result, the population lives in a situation of threat and instability. The Government of Mozambique (GM), Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), and Humanitarian Agencies (HA) have been working to reduce the impacts of extreme events through the elaboration of various action plans and programmes.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Mozambique Environmental Threats and Opportunities Assessment
Byers, B. et al.
2013
Cabo Delgado
USAID
This assessment fulfills a legal requirement of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA), which requires that a Tropical Forests and Biodiversity analysis be conducted in conjunction with the development of new U.S. foreign assistance strategies and programs. It is also intended to identify opportunities to better integrate the Mission’s portfolio across development sectors by suggesting linkages with agriculture, democracy and governance, economic growth, health, and education activities.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Mozambique Environmental Threats and Opportunities Assessment
Mortality of Vertebrates and Invertebrates on an Athens County, Ohio, Highway
Seibert, H. Et al.
1991
N/A
1990-1991
Although previous road-kill surveys have tallied the number and kinds of vertebrates that were victims of vehicular traffic (mostly birds and mammals), none has recorded invertebrate mortality. A 14-month survey on foot of each side of a 1.6 km (1 mi) stretch of dual lane highway provided 188 vertebrate and 1,162 invertebrate victims. Finding rare and unusual species of invertebrates suggests that this technique be used as a supplementary faunal survey.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Threats to Biodiversity
None
Mortality of Vertebrates and Invertebrates on an Athens County, Ohio, Highway
Monitoring, tagging and conservation of marine turtles in Mozambique: Annual report 2015/16
The ninth annual report on monitoring, tagging and conservation of marine turtles in Mozambique presents the results of the 2015/16 nesting season, ongoing and published studies, as well as priorities for future research and a list of relevant events. Monitoring took place from September 2015 to March 2016, in the southern part of the country, and from June 2015 to May 2016 in the northern part.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Monitoring, tagging and conservation of marine turtles in Mozambique: Annual report 2015/16
Monitoring Mangrove Systems
Hibbert, M.
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Monitoring Mangrove Systems
Monitoring Mangrove Restoration from Space
UNEP
2014
N/A
UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Mangrove establishment and rehabilitation projects have had varying levels of success at different locations around the world. Given the money that has been invested in restoring mangrove coverage, it is useful to map, monitor and compare results and experiences in different parts of the globe to compare the success of such projects. This study conducted temporal analyses for 24 mangrove sites from 10 different projects in six different countries (Senegal, the United Arab Emirates, Madagascar, Kenya, Solomon Island and Indonesia) using satellite imagery and GIS technology to map and monitor their status.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Monitoring Mangrove Restoration from Space
Mitigation measures to reduce highway mortality of Turtles and other Herpetofauna at a north Florida Lake
Aresco, M.
2005
N/A
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Roads built through or near wetlands cause significant mortality of reptiles and amphibians and create barriers to migration and dispersal. I investigated the number of times turtles and other herpetofauna attempted to cross a 4-lane highway at Lake Jackson, Florida, USA, during a period of severe drought (Feb–Apr 2000). Levels of road mortality were so high that I designed and installed a temporary drift fence system to work with an existing drainage culvert and for the next 2.5 years I evaluated its effectiveness at reducing road mortality and facilitating migration.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Impact Assessment; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Mitigation measures to reduce highway mortality of Turtles and other Herpetofauna at a north Florida Lake
Meeting the 2020 biodiversity targets: action and monitoring based on birds
BirdLife International
2010
N/A
BirdLife International
Birds provide a wonderful window on nature. Being colorful, spectacular and with beautiful songs, it is no surprise that millions of people around the world watch or feed birds. Tracking the numbers of people engaging in activities that celebrate birds or count them can be used to monitor awareness of biodiversity.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Meeting the 2020 biodiversity targets: action and monitoring based on birds
Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks: From Concept to Practice
Houerou, P. & Taliercio, R.
2002
N/A
The middle to late 1990s saw the proliferation of medium term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs) throughout the developing world. By one count (World Bank, 2001: 6) as many as twenty five countries in Africa, Asia (eastern, central, and southern), Latin America, and Eastern Europe are at various stages in the process of adopting MTEFs, and another ten are seriously considering it.1 This proliferation has occurred over a relatively short time period. Of the twenty-five existing MTEFs, nearly 90% were adopted over the five-year period, 1997-2001. It is not premature to say that MTEFs are a trend in developing country public expenditure management (PEM), and the trend shows no signs of cresting.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks: From Concept to Practice
Measuring and Monitoring Ecosystem Services ate the site scale
CCI & BirdLife International
2011
N/A
Ecosystem services underpin our very existence. Despite this, they are consistently undervalued in economic analyses and decision-making. As a result, many services are in decline, along with the biodiversity that supports them. Measuring and monitoring ecosystem services can lead to better environmental planning, enhancing sustainability and human well-being.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Measuring and Monitoring Ecosystem Services ate the site scale
MARINE MAMMAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLAN for Exploration Drilling of Selected Lease Areas in the Alaskan Chukchi Sea
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.
2012
N/A
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. (Shell) will conduct a Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (4MP) for exploration drilling activities in the Chukchi Sea during the 2012 drilling season. The 4MP developed for Shell’s 2012 exploration drilling program supports protection of the marine mammal resources in the area, fulfills reporting obligations to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and establishes a means for gathering additional data on marine mammals for future operations planning.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
MARINE MAMMAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLAN for Exploration Drilling of Selected Lease Areas in the Alaskan Chukchi Sea
MARINE MAMMAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLAN for Exploration Drilling of Selected Lease Areas in Camden Bay in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in 2012
Shell Offshore Inc.
2012
N/A
Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell) submits the following Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Program (4MP) for exploration drilling activities in Camden Bay in the Beaufort Sea during the 2012 open-water season. The 4MP developed for Shell’s exploration drilling program is designed to protect the marine mammal resources in the area, fulfill reporting obligations to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and establish a means for gathering additional data on marine mammals for future operations planning.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Impact Assessment; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
MARINE MAMMAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLAN for Exploration Drilling of Selected Lease Areas in Camden Bay in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in 2012
Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Program
Ion Geophysical
2012
N/A
Ion Geophysical (Ion) plans to conduct a geophysical (seismic reflection/refraction) survey and related vessel operations in the Alaskan Beaufort and Chukchi seas from October–December 2012. The primary survey area extends from the U.S.–Canadian border in the east to Point Barrow in the west. Two survey lines extend west of Point Barrow into the northern Chukchi Sea and three short tie lines are proposed near the U.S.–Russian border (Fig. 1). The bathymetry of the proposed survey area ranges from shallow (~20 m) to relatively deep (>3500 m) water over the continental shelf, the continental slope, and the abyssal plain.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Program
Mapa das zonas de protecção marinha no Santuário
Zona de Protecção Total de Cabo São Sebastião
2014
Inhambane
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
PA Management Document
Protected Areas
Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone
Mapa das zonas de protecção marinha no Santuário
Manguezais: Educar Para Proteger
Alves, J.
2001
N/A
FEMAR: SEMADS
bioma Mata Atlântica inclui um complexo e rico conjunto de ecossistemas: floresta atlântica, manguezal, restinga e campos de altitude. Um dos ecossistemas associados está num estágio de grave pressão antrópica: o ecossistema manguezal. Por ser um ambiente bastante rico e diversificado, apresenta-se como um importante berço de informações históricas e socioambientais, tudo isto em função das diferentes localizações geográficas. Assim, procurando representar as diversas expressões que este ambiente demonstra a partir de sua colonização, idealizou-se uma forma didática para representar este ecossistema, explicitando seus aspectos geográficos, biológicos, históricos e socioambientais.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Manguezais: Educar Para Proteger
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
ICNB
2008
N/A
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
ICNB
2010
N/A
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade
Este documento constitui um guia metodológico para apoiar as unidades orgânicas do ICNB na apreciação das incidências destas infraestruturas sobre as aves, designadamente na elaboração de pareceres relativos a projectos de novas linhas ou à reconversão de linhas eléctricas existentes. Desta forma, para além de ter como objectivo a uniformização dos pareceres e avaliações de impacte sobre a avifauna das linhas eléctricas estabelecidas em Áreas Classificadas e outras áreas de ocorrência regular de espécies do Anexo I da Directiva Aves e espécies migradoras regulares, pretende ainda fazer o ponto da situação em termos de informação relativa aos impactos das linhas eléctricas sobre a avifauna.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
Silva, J. Et al.
2007
N/A
ICN
Este documento constitui um guia metodológico para apoiar as unidades orgânicas do ICN na apreciação das incidências destas infra-estruturas sobre as aves, designadamente na elaboração de pareceres relativos a projectos de novas linhas ou à reconversão de linhas eléctricas existentes. Desta forma, para além de ter como objectivo a uniformização dos pareceres e avaliações de impacte sobre a avifauna das linhas eléctricas em Áreas Classificadas e outras áreas de ocorrência regular de espécies do Anexo I da Directiva Aves e espécies migradoras regulares, pretende-se igualmente fazer o ponto da situação em termos dos impactos das linhas eléctricas sobre avifauna
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Sumário do Perfil do Ecossistema
CEPF
2011
Maputo
CEPF
O status da área como hotspot, bem como sua importância biológica, econômica e cultural levaram o Fundo de Parcerias para Ecossistemas Críticos a criar uma estratégia de conservação para toda a região. A estratégia, conhecida como o perfil do ecossistema do hotspot de biodiversidade Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany, guia o investimento do CEPF na região—$6,65 milhões de dólares, que serão desembolsados através de verbas para a sociedade civil, incluindo organizações não-governamentais, pesquisadores, associações comunitárias e empresas privadas.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Sumário do Perfil do Ecossistema
Manual de Silvicultura Tropical
Ribeiro, N. Et al.
2002
N/A
Faculdade de agronomia e engenharia Florestal
O termo silvicultura provém do Latim silva (floresta) e cultura (cultivo de árvores), e tem sido definida de várias formas: Ford-Robertson (1971) considera a silvicultura, como a ciência e arte de manipular um sistema dominado por árvores e seus produtos, com base no conhecimento da história da vida, e as características gerais das árvores e do sítio.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Environmental Education
None
Manual de Silvicultura Tropical
Marine Important Bird Areas
BirdLife International
2010
N/A
BirdLife International
Birdlife International established the Global Seabird Programme (GSP) to help improve the conservation status of the world’s seabirds. The GSP undertakes varied work which includes the Save the Albatross Campaign, the Albatross Task Force, development of bycatch mitigation measures, working with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations to reduce bycatch, identification of marine Important Bird Areas as candidate Marine Protected Areas, and eradications of invasive species
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Marine Important Bird Areas
Manual of Tidal Streams
AQUARET
Sd
N/A
www.aquaret.com
AQUARET
Tidal stream technologies are designed to extract energy from fast flowing water in tidal streams.
Due to limited resources, the bulk of domestic wastewater in many developing countries is discharged without any treatment at all. PUMPSEA, an EU-funded project, has come up with a water treatment system using mangroves, which project partners believe is the most cost-effective way to mitigate coastal sewage pollution in sub and tropical developing countries.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/ UNEP_WCMC_bio_series/26.htm A
UNEP-Regional Seas Programme/UNEP-WCMC
There is an international consensus, expressed in the Convention on Biological Diversity, World Summit on Sustainable Development, and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, that biodiversity at all levels – genetic, species and ecosystem – have a critical role in sustaining livelihoods and human development. They underpin and make possible all forms of economic activity. Damage to components of biodiversity have economic consequences, the impacts of which fall most heavily on the poor. In few contexts is this as clear as in the case of mangrove ecosystems and their dependent human populations.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Ecosystem Restoration
None
Mangroves of Western and Central Africa
Mangroves of Quiterajo
Buruwate, T. & Phiri, S.
2009
N/A
Mangroves are plants that consist of a variety of growth forms, from trees, palms, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, samphires, grasses and ferns. Mangroves form valuable ecosystems along environments. Typical mangrove habitats are periodically subjected to tidal influences. Mangroves grow in soil that is frequently waterlogged by saline water. The first explorers described them as ‘forests of the sea’ (Mastaller 1997). Mangrove Plants (Flora) refers to many plant growth forms that are associated with mangrove ecosystems including vines, grasses, shrubs, chenopods, sedges, forbs, palms, ferns and parasitic plants (Mastaller 1997).
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
International Protected Areas
Mangroves of Quiterajo
MANGROVE ECOLOGY: A Manual for a Field Course
Feller, I. & Sitnik, M.
1996
N/A
Smithsonian Institution
Intertidal mangrove swamp communities dominate the world’s tropical and subtropical coasts, paralleling the geographical distribution of coral reefs. They survive in substrate salinities ranging from fresh water alongside rivers to hypersaline ponds and mudflats. Mangrove plants are pioneer as well as mature-phase species. They not only help form these environments, they create habitats for a diverse and characteristic community, including numerous mangrove-dependent organisms. The term “mangrove” refers to an ecological rather than a taxonomic assemblage of plants. Worldwide, 34 species or so in nine genera in five families are considered “true mangroves” and another 80 or so species occur as “minor components” and “mangrove associates.”
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
MANGROVE ECOLOGY: A Manual for a Field Course
Management Surveys of the Mangroves of Mkinga District in Mainland Tanzania
Kairo, J.
2010
N/A
Under the 2nd Calls for Proposal (CFP2) from RECOMAP, ENVIROCARE of Tanzania is implementing a project entitled ‘Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystem in Mkinga District through participatory community Approaches’. The project aims at building local capacity to mitigate the impact of coastal and marine resource depletion through promoting sustainable management of mangroves and alternative livelihoods in Mkinga district of mainland Tanzania.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Ecosystem Restoration
None
Management Surveys of the Mangroves of Mkinga District in Mainland Tanzania
Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas
Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments