Quantifying the Reporting, Coverage and Consistency of Key Indicators in Mangrove Restoration Projects

作者：Yasmine Gatt, Dominic A. Andradi‐Brown, Gabby N. Ahmadia, Philip A. Martin, William J. Sutherland, Mark Spalding, Amy Donnison, Thomas A. Worthington · 发表于：Frontiers in Forests and Global Change · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.3389/ffgc.2022.720394 · 被引用次数：65 · 研究领域：Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics、Oil Palm Production and Sustainability、Agricultural and Environmental Management

Mangroves are often cleared for aquaculture, agriculture, and coastal development despite the range of benefits for people and nature that they provide. In response to these losses, there are multiple global, and regional efforts aimed at accelerating mangrove forest restoration, resulting in many restoration projects being implemented and managed by different groups with highly diverse objectives. The information reported from these restoration projects is extremely variable, limiting our ability to identify whether desired objectives have been met or key factors that determine effective and durable restoration have been applied. To address this problem, we developed a holistic monitoring framework that captures the key indicators of restoration, spanning project aims, intervention type, costs, and ecological and socioeconomic outcomes. Subsequently, using a systematic literature search, we examined 123 published case studies to identify the range and quality of reported information on restoration, relative to our framework. We found that there were many gaps in reporting, for multiple indicators. Sections related to site conditions prior to restoration (reported in only 32% of case studies) and socioeconomic outcomes (26%) were consistently missing from most project reporting. Conversely, information on the type of intervention was reported for all case studies, and the aims of the project (reported in 76% of case studies) and ecological monitoring (82%) were far more preva...