By Max Rojas-Domke | Individual Giving Manager
This December Seacology happily recieved a large update from our Field Rep in Honduras on the current progress on Isla San Sebastian. Below are translated summarys of the four main activities since starting this project; Training locals regarding Ecologial Restoration of Mangroves, an implementation of a multi-week plastic waste collection, collaborative Mangrove Restoration in cooperation with our local parteners, a MARN resource guide team, and the continued publicity campaign via Radio Mangle to raise awareness regarding these local efforts.
Ecologial Restoration of Mangroves - Seacology's training workshops on Mangrove Ecological Restoration were conducted for participants involved in rehabilitating mangroves in the "Canal Los Monos" area. The session began with a discussion centered around, "What do you know about mangroves?" Participants highlighted the economic, ecological, and protective value of mangroves for communities. They also shared restoration techniques, including planting and channel rehabilitation, emphasizing the need to consider mangrove ecology, hydrology, disturbances, and local community knowledge in the process.
Implementation of a multi-week plastic waste collection - Over a couple weeks, plastic waste collection was conducted on beaches and mangroves around Isla San Sebastián. The effort involved 13 community volunteers and 8 from Asociación Mangle. The Conchitas Mangleras cooperative provided a boat with an outboard motor for transporting volunteers, while a community member supplied a larger boat to transport the collected plastic to San Dionisio port. In San Dionisio, Municipal government personnel assisted in moving the waste to a recycling site. An estimated four tons of plastic waste were removed from San Sebastian.
Mangrove Restoration in cooperation with MARN - Seacology's mangrove restoration effort was conducted in coordination with the MARN resource guard team, reforesting 0.5 hectares in Bocana La Chepona. Around 5,000 propagules of the native Red Mangrove species (Rhizophora mangle) were planted. This marks the beginning of the restoration process in the community and surrounding areas, with 13 volunteers and other stakeholders continuing to facilitate these efforts after the first round of successful reforstation. Additionally, a site visit was conducted to assess the conditions of a proposed canal for rehabilitation—examining salinity, pH, and vegetation—before starting another round of restoration work in mid-December.
Radio Mangle publicity campaign - Radio Mangle has started, and will continue to, run material about the work Seacology is doing on Isla San Sebastian!
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