An area of 25-some hectares on the river-side of
the dike was added to the Prey Nup Mangrove area followed by this blog. It has
been used for growing rice for many years, but will now become mangroves again.
Full spontaneous regeneration is not possible as a
few hundred Kong Kaang (Rhizophora spp.)trees have been planted in rows by the Fisheries
Department.
To restore the original water flows some hand-dug
canals will have to be filled in again.
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| A rough outline of the 25 hectares that will be regenerated to mangroves again |
Monitoring of the
regeneration
In April Aggie Russel, a student of the San
Francisco University came to set up a system to be able to monitor this
regeneration. The monitoring system has been developed by another student of
Gretchen Coffmann. We contacted the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) to
ask if there are students interested to join and learn from this monitoring.
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| Making a transect |
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| Aggie, Noeun and two of the rangers |
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