Mass and precise mangrove restoration using aerial drone systems
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Innovation
VALUE £199,987
WHERE Philippines, Indonesia
Summary
The project will demonstrate the efficacy of aerial drones to reinstate mangrove coastal intertidal areas. Although hand planting of mangrove seedlings can be effective, large-scale reinstatement of forests is impossible without step changes in planting techniques. This pilot project will show how large areas can be effectively seeded and restored to increase coastal ecological resilience, reduce poverty, increase long-term biodiversity, responding to climate change, with sea level rises and storm surges and past poor land use and management decisions.
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