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ISME’s activities and needs of our collaboration to conserve integrated coastal ecosystems

Views from my office in Iriomote Island. ISME’s activities and needs of our collaboration to conserve integrated coastal ecosystems. Shigeyuki BABA 1,2) , Nozomi Oshiro 1) and Mami Kainuma 1) 1: International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME)

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ISME’s activities and needs of our collaboration to conserve integrated coastal ecosystems

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  1. Views from my office in Iriomote Island ISME’s activities and needs of our collaboration to conserve integrated coastal ecosystems Shigeyuki BABA1,2), Nozomi Oshiro1) and Mami Kainuma1) 1: International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME) 2: Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus

  2. Where I came from, and mangrove distribution in Japan Cited from http://www.libtexas.edu Korea Tokyo Osaka China Kandelia candel Bruguieragymnorrhiza Mangroves are distributed Rhizophorastylosa Avicennia marina Sonneratia alba Okinawa Island Cited from http://www.jp.wikipedia.org Taiwan Iriomote Island

  3. Contents of our presentation • Activities of International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME) • Needs of our collaboration to conserve integrated coastal ecosystems Mangroves in Iriomote Island Kayaking in a mangrove forest, Iriomote Island

  4. International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME) Kandelia candel • ISME was inaugurated in 1990 as an international NGO (Non Governmental Organization) and NPO (Non Profit Organization). • To date, ISME has more than 930 individual and 36 institutional members from 89 countries/regions. Mangroves and fishermen, , Indonesia Mangroves and a fisherman, Indonesia

  5. Coastal erosion, Vietnam Office Bearer (Voluntary) President: Dr. Salif Diop (Senegal, working at UNEP, Kenya) Vice-President: Ambassador Noboru Nakahira (Japan) Dr. Chan H. Tuck (Malaysia) Dr. Flacois Blasco (France) Treasurer: Dr. Sanit Aksornkoae (Emeritus Prof. Kasetsart Univ. Thailand、Former Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture) Executive Secretary: Dr.Shigeyuki Baba (Prof. Univ. Ryukyus) Headquarters:University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan Mangroves, Iriomote Isl. Fishermen, Indonesia

  6. ISMEis an international NPO (Non-Profit Organization)and NGO (Non-Governmental Organization). HQs is in Okinawa, Japan. ISMEhas the ROSTER Status in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC). Plantation in an abandoned shrimp pond, Indonesia A fisherman, Brazil About 10years old planted mangroves Coastal erosion, Maldives

  7. Aims of ISME • To promote research and surveys and collaboration among scientists and organizations for the conservation, rational management, and sustainable utilization of mangroves • To promote and conduct training programs • To implement JICA Mangrove Training Course entitled “Sustainable Management of Mangrove Ecosystems” since 1995, 79 participants from 35 countries as of August 2006. • To implement JICA Training Course entitled “Environmental Education for Sustainable Development -Conservation of Coastal Ecosystems for Lives of Local Communities” since 2005, 11 participants every year. • Continuation of spontaneous short-term training courses and Exchange of consultants and transfer of expertise Mangrove, Iriomote Isl.

  8. Malaysia Ghana Brazil Fiji Aims of ISME (continued) • To serve and collect necessary information for conserving and restoring mangrove ecosystem, and provide necessary information through Global Mangrove Database and Information System (GLOMIS) : http://www.glomis.com. ISME has 4 GLOMIS regional centers to collect data. • The project was funded by ITTO • Project was implemented by ISME from 1997 to 2006

  9. GLOMIS CD-ROM III Stand alone CD-ROM: you can retrieve mangrove database without connection to GLOMIS database for users who don’t have high speed networks.

  10. Recent activities of mangrove plantations • Raising a Mangrove Nursery for Restoration of Coastal Areas in Senegal (1997-1998) • Restoration of degraded mangroves along the Karachi coast, Pakistan (1994-1996) Senegal Pakistan

  11. Recent activities Mangrove Nurseries and Experimental Plantation in the U.A.E. • Duration: 1999 - 2002 1 year old Photos provided by JODCO More than 4.5 % of salt concentration, and no rain and no fresh water supply at all

  12. ISME’s recent and activities • Projects • Support for community based mangrove management and environmental education in Samoa • September 2004 – March 2006 • Mangrove ecosystem research and building of a boardwalk for public enhancement and ecotourism • Duration: 1 year • We could not continue it, because of bankrupt in Palau Boardwalk construction, Samoa Palau

  13. Recent activities Project entitled “Action Plan on Sustainable Mangrove Management” funded by ITTO 2002 - 2004 • Duration: 18 months • To draw Mangrove Action Plan for immediate actions to follow ITTO Mangrove Workplan 2002 - 2006

  14. Publications of ISME • “World Mangrove Atlas” published in 1997, funded by ITTO and worked together with UNEP-WCMC • “Journey amongst Mangroves” funded by ITTO • “Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystems” funded by ITTO • Newsletters “Mangroves” • Videotapes: “What tides bring,” “Living with mangroves” • Colored slides set for mangrove related education in schools

  15. Newsletters Publications in collaboration with UNESCO, etc.

  16. Experimental plantations, raising nurseries in collaboration with Japanese volunteers More than 20 times to Fiji, Kiribati, Indonesia, the Republic of Maldives, Thailand, Tonga and Vietnam Maldives Local community and Japanese students, Maldives Tonga Thailand

  17. Palau (Cited from World Mangrove Atlas) On-going activities Revised World Atlas of Mangrove for Conservation and Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystems (PD 276/04 Rev. 2(F)) • Funded by International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) • Implemented by ISME with 4 partner organizations: • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) • UNESCO- MAB (Man and Biosphere Programme) • UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) • United Nations University (UNU)

  18. ISME’s on-going activities • Project • Restoration of degraded mangrove ecosystem in northern Brazilian coastal area • Funded by JICA as NGO’s grass-root activity supports • Duration: 35 months, June 2005 – March 2008 • Project area: coastal area of Bragança, Pará State • In collaboration withFederal University of Para (UFPA)- Bragança Campus, Museu Emilio Goeldi and Mangrove Dynamics and Management (MADAM)

  19. ISME’s on-going activities Mangrove plantation and educational materials development in Kiribati • Funded by Cosmo Oil Co. Ltd. • Work together with Ministry of Environment and Ministry Education of Kiribati • Duration: 3 years since 2005 Kiribati Mangrove plantation by pupils of elementary school, and youth

  20. ISME’s on-going activities Raising nurseries to plant trees for not only mangrove plantations, but also coastal forest establishments in Maldives Four years old mangroves

  21. ISME’s on-going activities (continued) Survey for possibility of mangrove plantation in Tuvalu

  22. Survey in BandaAcheh after the tsunami More than 800 mangrove trees were measured

  23. We are calculating relationship between damaged mangroves and estimated water flow pressure of the tsunami

  24. Damages to coral reefs caused by human activities Photos by Tamai • Sedimentation by runoff from crop fields, road construction, etc. • Eutrophication caused by runoff containing fertilizers from crop fields, etc. and effluents from hotels/households

  25. My colleagues study relationships between artificial coral community restoration and some environmental factors • Abundance of herbivores such as parrot fishes, rabbit fishes, etc. • Eutrophication – growth of algae (Photos by Tamai)

  26. Global Warming Coastal Erosion and Sea-Level Rise Coastal erosions are caused everywhere, especially coastal lines of small islands coastal erosion Maldives Kiribati

  27. From my lab., Iriomote Isl. Sea-Level Rise (Okinawa islands as an example) Everyone says Okinawa has beautiful islands. However, With a 30 cm sea-level rise ↓ 95 % of sand beaches will submerge under the sea With a 65 cm of the sea-level rise ↓ 100 % of sand beaches will submerge under the sea IPCC reported that 88 cm sea-level would rise at the end of 21st century. We have to pay more attention to the sea-level rise in small island states/countries.

  28. Field trip with university students in Iriomote mangrove forests Field trip with school kids in Iriomote mangrove forests Environmental education to school kids and students

  29. Environmental education for school kids

  30. Palau Kiribati I am very happy to work together with scientists and also play with kids in mangrove forests

  31. Kiribati Since coastal ecosystems are integrated, we have to collaborate each other to conserve and restore coastal ecosystems.

  32. These photos are views from my office in Iriomote Island. As you may imagine, I am enjoying my life in Iriomote, and I do not work on administration issues anymore. However, one of the worst devices is emails. Views from my office in Iriomote Island Please enjoy your works

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