Rewilding our Floodplains (RoF)
Rewilding our Floodplains (RoF) is one of three key global programs by Positive Change for Marine Life (PCFML), a global organization collaborating with land managers and communities to improve marine inputs and foster community stewardship within healthy landscapes.
RoF aims to restore the blue lungs of our planet by bringing together farmers and fishers, businesses and scientists, first nations and communities. Together, they champion the restoration and protection of our waterways before it’s too late, building landscape-scale corridors from the mountains to the sea.
RoF takes an integrated, ecosystem approach to determine waterway health based on key environmental factors. Working closely with the community, the program develops solutions that will create real change and long-lasting rejuvenation of catchments and the ocean. By exploring multi-stakeholder strategic corridors, the initiative bridges catchments from source to sea, fostering long-term climate resilience.
About Rewilding our Floodplains (RoF):
https://pcfml.org.au/our-programs/#rewilding-our-floodplains
Mangroves as Nature-based Solutions to Coastal Hazards in Eastern Ghana (MANCOGA)
MANCOGA is a collaborative research project between the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, the Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) at the University of Ghana, and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany.
MANCOGA will build a sustainable knowledge base for mangroves as a Nature-based Solution to lay the foundation for secure and sustainable livelihoods for communities living along the coast of Eastern Ghana. A dedicated Co-design phase demonstrated that stakeholders at all levels possess broad conceptual knowledge of the ecosystem services provided by mangroves, but also revealed large gaps in detailed local scientific knowledge and a wide chasm between research and implementation. This activity focuses on two major local concerns: 1) The need for sustainable livelihoods will be addressed by quantifying mangrove ecosystem services of carbon storage and eutrophication control and linking them to downstream economic opportunities like carbon crediting and improved local fisheries; 2) To assess the protective role of mangroves against the coastal erosion that threatens local living spaces, What-If scenarios will be created using an early version of a Digital Twin. A partnership-of-equals is ensured by continuous stakeholder engagement and a Digital Toolbox will enable all parties to access and understand the scientific outputs and contribute to their translation into societal outcomes. The new knowledge of practical mangrove ecosystem services will inform recommendations for policy leading to their protection and sustainable use. We expect this project to lay the groundwork for sustained future collaboration, knowledge transfer, and capacity building.
Main contact:
Edem Mahu, Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences (MAFS), University of Ghana, [email protected]
About MANCOGA: