Global Mangrove Alliance at MMM6
Where to find Alliance Members
From July 24 – 28, 2023, the sixth Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management conference, “MMM6”, will take place in Cartagena, Colombia. The theme this year is “Mangrove Ecosystems for Human Well-being in a Changing Planet”. This conference is the largest gathering of mangrove experts globally and the Global Mangrove Alliance will have our membership present throughout the week. Check the list below for all of the presentations by our membership and look for the Global Mangrove Alliance booth for information on upcoming tools and any general questions.
Costs of restoring global mangrove forests
Time: 12.00
Room: Rhizophora & Avicennia forest
Presenter: Jennifer Howard, Conservation International
Joining forces for the Red List of Mangrove Ecosystems
Time: 12:15
Room: Rhizophora & Avicennia forest
Presenter: Diana Di Nitto, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Drivers of global mangrove loss and gain in social-ecological systems
Time: 15.15
Room: Rhizophora & Avicennia forest
Presenter: Valerie Hagger, University of Queensland
The microphytobenthos drive key ecosystem processes in tropical mangroves
Time: 09:30
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Joe Shing Yip Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
A new regional map of mangrove extent for Southeast Asia shows losses of 44% between the 1970s and 1996
Time: 11:45
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Lola Fatoyinbo, NASA
Enhancing sustainable mangrove restoration success through objective-based Global Mangrove Restoration Guidelines
Time: 12:15
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Catherine Lovelock, University of Queensland
Social feasibility and ecological suitability are key for identifying mangrove restoration priorities, even under tight decision-making deadlines
Time: 14:15
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Jaramar Villarreal-Rosas, Griffith University & WWF
Linking national-scale policy interventions to mangrove conservation outcomes
Time: 15:15
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Dominic Andradi-Brown, WWF
Keynote: Challenges to responsible scaling of mangrove protection and restoration
Time: 08:00
Room: Rhizophora & Avicennia forest
Presenter: Jennifer Howard, Conservation International
Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) Mangrove Alerts: Near Real-Time Alerts of Mangrove Loss
Time:10.30
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Pete Bunting, Aberystwyth University
The Mangrove Restoration Tracker Tool: meeting local practitioner needs and tracking progress of global targets
Time: 10:45
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Thomas Worthington, University of Cambridge
The Climate-Smart Mangrove Decision-Support Tool: helping mangrove practitioners climate-smart mangrove conservation and restoration
Time: 15:00
Room: Avicennia forest
Presenter: Nicole Chabaneix, WWF
Quantifying the human footprint of mangrove change
Time: 09:30
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: David Lagomasino, East Carolina University
Mapping Mangrove Wealth: collaborative efforts to determine global values
Time: 09:45
Room: Avicennia forest
Presenter: Mark Spalding, The Nature Conservancy & University of Cambridge
All of our Mangrove maps are right!
Time: 10:00
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Nathan Thomas, NASA
New system to map mangrove degradation in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
Time: 11:00
Room: Rhizophora forest
Presenter: Lola Fatoyinbo, NASA
