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The training site is within a 500 ha mangrove restoration project
at West Lake Park operated by Broward County. The award-winning project
was designed by Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, who will be teaching
the course. Mr. Lewis has taught this very successful course in Cuba,
Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka.
The workshop includes an introduction to mangrove forest ecology,
management options and problems, and restoration design issues. The
class programs are all presented in a PowerPoint format, and each
student is provided with a print out of the presentation and additional
handouts including monitoring reports for typical restoration projects.
Case studies of 5 successful mangrove restoration projects, and several
unsuccessful projects, are discussed. Field trips are taken within
the 500 ha West Lake Park mangrove restoration project (now 19 years
old) and a new project just six years old, for a comparison. Participants
are invited to bring pending project designs to the course for professional
review and critique.
The emphasis is on cost-effective successful mangrove management
and restoration, and cost figures for typical projects are discussed
and explained. The Ecological Mangrove Restoration (EMR) method
of mangrove restoration is emphasized as the best approach to successful
restoration at minimal cost (see Erftemeijer and Lewis 2000; Lewis
1999, 2000a, 2000b, 2005; Lewis and Marshall 1998; Lewis and Streever
2000; Lewis et al. 2005, Lewis and Gilmore 2007, Stevenson et al.
1999 and Turner and Lewis 1997). Planting of mangroves is discussed
in light of the many failures of this alone to successfully restore
mangroves.
Cost for the course not including travel to Ft. Lauderdale, lodging
or food is $850, due by January 1, 2009 to Coastal Resources Group,
Inc., P.O. Box 5430, Salt Springs, Florida, USA 32134-5430. Two
qualified students will be allowed to attend for free, and can apply
at any time for the two fee-waived positions. This course is organized
by the Coastal Resources Group, Inc., a US based 501(c)3 tax exempt
corporation, and will be taught in conjunction with the Mangrove
Action Project (www.mangroveactionproject.org). Lodging close to
the training site is available at the SleepInn in Dania Beach, Florida.
Reservations need to be made early. Each participant is responsible
for making their own reservations. No formal application forms are
needed. Receipt of the necessary registration fee in advance of
the registration deadline is all that is needed along with the contact
information for the registrant.
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