[Helik Collect] - The Mangrove Regeneration Project

Background:

Mangrove forests:

• protect coastal areas from 1 by the sea

• are an important habitat for wildlife

Problems:

• mangroves had been used by farmers as 2

• mangroves were poisoned by the use of 3

• local people used the mangroves as a place to put their 4

Actions taken to protect the mangroves:

• a barrier which was made of 5 was constructed - but it failed

• new mangroves had to be grown from seed

• the seeds of the 6 mangrove were used

First set of seedlings:

• kept in small pots in a 7

• watered with 8 water

• planted out on south side of a small island

• at risk from the large 9 population

Second set of seedlings:

• planted in the seabed near established mangrove roots

• the young plants were destroyed in a 10

Results:

• The first set of seedlings was successful