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About This Reforestation Project

Location: Madagascar  (View on map)

Types of seedlings planted: Ceriops tagal, Rhizophora mucronata, Bruguiera gymnorhiza.

Planting season: September through March

Maintained by: Eden Reforestation Projects http://www.edenprojects.org

Description: This project hires impoverished villagers to collect Mangrove propagules (baby mangrove trees) and plant them on estuary mud flats during low tide. These propagules are collected, sorted by species, and bundled for transport to the reforestation sites. There, the propagules are distributed to workers and planted.