Mengare Discovery participants travelling by boat along a creek under the mangrovesOcean Literacy for Kids participants exploring the mangrove boardwalk with their facilitatorsChildren working on worksheets with a facilitator on the mangrove boardwalkAn Ocean Literacy session in the PRPM Mengare pavilionStudents photographing and noting observations from the mangrove boardwalkStudents with observation sheets on the mangrove boardwalkA group walking in single file along the mangrove boardwalkVisitors talking on a shaded stretch of the mangrove boardwalkSign marking the 2026 mangrove restoration area of 5.4 haLocal residents holding mangrove seedlings on the riverbank before plantingTwo students planting a mangrove seedling in the restoration areaPrimary school pupils listening to a guide on the mangrove boardwalkA school group filling in observation sheets on the mangrove boardwalkChildren and their companions holding up mangrove seedlings before plantingChildren in rubber boots lined up with mangrove seedlingsChildren and their companions posing on the mangrove boardwalkA coastal storytelling session for children in the PRPM Mengare pavilionA visiting group at the PRPM Mengare gateGovernment officers and the site managers at the PRPM Mengare gateAerial view of mangroves growing between aquaculture-pond plotsOcean Literacy workshop participants in discussion in the PRPM Mengare pavilionOcean Literacy workshop participants beneath a large tree at the Benteng Lodewijk siteOcean Literacy workshop participants under a banyan tree at the Benteng Lodewijk siteA group aboard the Pokmaswas boat moored under the mangroves
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Aerial view of restored mangrove plots on eroded aquaculture ponds in Mengare, with the mangrove boardwalk along the edgeAerial view of restored mangroves at the sea edgeAerial view of the mangrove boardwalk running out to sea from the mangrovesA straight mangrove boardwalk through the mangrove forestBamboo gazebo beside the mangrove boardwalkSunset over the sea with mangroves in silhouetteMangrove seedlings in polybags at the nurseryClose-up of mangrove flowers and leavesA freshly opened oyster in handMud crabs caught, in a basinClams in a potParticipants planting mangrove seedlings in former pond mud, 2018A boat carrying a group along the coastal watersMangrove canopy seen straight down from aboveTall bamboo seen from belowAerial view of dense mangrove forest on the Mengare coastA Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) perched on rocks at the shoreThe Mengare Mangrove Restoration and Learning Centre sign among bambooParticipants planting mangrove seedlings in shallow waterTents on the PRPM Mengare camping groundA bank of shells on a sandbarAerial view of PRPM Mengare in March 2024: mangrove plots, mangrove boardwalk and jettyAerial view of Tanjung Widoro village with a mangrove belt along the pondsAerial view of the jetty, fishing boats and the mangrove boardwalk among the mangrovesAerial view of a group on the mangrove boardwalk reaching out to seaA mangrove boardwalk cutting through mangroves at high tideDense mangrove canopy seen from aboveAerial view of a small mangrove island in the waters around MengareBamboo and mangroves on a riverbank at low tideNewly planted mangrove seedlings in a shallow pool, May 2018Mudflat and mangrove scrub at low tide, May 2018Village road under bamboo groves leading to the site, April 2018Roofed lookout building on the rocky shore at low tideA group of mangrove planting participants, January 2025A discussion with residents and the management team in the gazeboCovered parking area under the bamboo grovesDusk over the ponds with mangroves in silhouetteThe bamboo mangrove boardwalk beside the mudflat, November 2018Mangrove seedlings in the mud with the bamboo boardwalk behind, November 2018Mangrove seedlings on a former pond facing a mangrove stand, November 2018The bamboo mangrove boardwalk along a mangrove belt, November 2018Aerial view of planting plots and the bamboo boardwalk, November 2018Newly planted mangrove seedlings in the mud, June 2018Mangrove seedlings on a former pond near the bamboo groves, June 2018A planting plot on a sandy former pond, June 2018Mangrove seedlings in a flooded former pond, June 2018Mangrove seedlings and a fallen tree on the riverbank, June 2018Rows of young mangroves on the mudflat, June 2018Young mangroves on the riverbank, June 2018