About RESCuE-2

The Monitoring and Restoration for Sustainable Coastal Ecosystems (RESCuE-2) project aims to close the gap in coastal ecosystem management by creating a comprehensive framework that integrates local activities with essential spatio-temporal information for effective restoration and customized solutions. Through collaboration among scientists from Europe and Southeast Asia (SEA), national policymakers, and local communities, the initiative strives to significantly advance the restoration of coastal ecosystems.

 

As a key contribution to the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030, RESCuE-2 focuses on restoring mangrove biodiversity, combating mangrove loss and degradation, and enhancing the long-term sustainability of rehabilitation efforts in SEA’s mangrove ecosystems. Utilizing advanced techniques such as remote sensing, modeling approaches, and social science tools, the project will thoroughly evaluate the potential and effectiveness of restoration measures, emphasizing their impact on the well-being of local communities.

 

RESCuE-2: Addressing Key Challenges on Multiple Fronts:

1. Decision-support-system: Development and implementation of country-specific tools for long-term mapping and monitoring of mangrove species diversity, distribution, and structural changes. This also includes assessing the success of current rehabilitation efforts.

2. Mangrove ecosystem monitoring system: A real-time monitoring system to improve understanding of the physiological effects caused by various environmental changes.

3. pyMANGA modeling platform: A collection of modeling platforms to describe vegetation population dynamics. pyMANGA focuses on identifying factors influencing forest dynamics at fine scales, which is critical for determining environmental conditions favorable for restoration projects.

4. Ecosystem services: Evaluation of ecosystem services status at individual sites derived from natural and restored mangroves, providing a benchmark for conservation status.

5. Monitoring of macroinvertebrate diversity: A reliable science-based tool to evaluate the restoration of ecological functions by assessing the diversity of faunal communities following mangrove rehabilitation.