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For researchers

Research at the Mengare mangroves

A restored mangrove site with a documented history, recent survey data and room for new questions.

Why study this site

Planting started in 2018 on aquaculture ponds that the sea had broken through; about 9.5 hectares have been planted since. Earlier plantings had washed away, so the site shows both a failed and a working approach on the same coast. Satellite images from 2009, 2014 and 2018 record the loss of the ponds, and mangrove cover (the area under canopy, as distinct from the total area planted) grew from 5.01 ha in 2019 to 7.34 ha in 2026.

Topics that fit the site include mangrove succession on eroded aquaculture ponds, shorebird use of tidal mudflats, the role of the mangroves for local fishers, community-based management, and coastal change at the old Bengawan Solo mouth.

Read the restoration history →

Open species list

The full species list is free to download as a CSV file: scientific, Indonesian and English names, family, IUCN status, protection under Indonesian law (P.106/2018), CITES and migratory status. It contains no locations, so protected species cannot be traced.

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How to cite

Pusat Restorasi dan Pembelajaran Mangrove Mengare (PRPM Mengare). (2026). Species checklist of PRPM Mengare, Tanjung Widoro, Bungah, Gresik, East Java [Data set]. Retrieved from https://mangrovemengare.com/data/species.csv

Please also give the date you accessed it (for example, 2026).

Arranging fieldwork

Send your plan through the booking form and choose "Research": topic, dates, number of people, and what you need from the team (a local guide, a boat, access to the planting plots).

Work with the tide: the mudflats and planting plots are only reachable at low water. Do not take plants or animals without permission, and do not publish where protected species were seen.

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Reading list

Studies about the site and the Gresik coast. Know of another? Send it to us through the contact page.

About Tanjung Widoro and Mengare

  1. Hidayat AR, Andrianto N, Ekoputro W (2025). Komunikasi Pokdarwis dalam Membranding Wisata Mangrove Mengare Gresik. Prosiding Seminar Nasional Mahasiswa Komunikasi (SEMAKOM) 3(2): 526-529.
  2. Izzah FN, Helmi A (2024). Persepsi dan Kesediaan Masyarakat untuk Berpartisipasi dalam Pengelolaan Hutan Mangrove (Kajian di Dusun Sidofajar, Tanjungwidoro, Kabupaten Gresik). Skripsi, IPB University.
  3. Maulidiyyah N, Setiadi T (2023). Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Mangrove Restoration and Learning Center (PRPM) Mengare Program. The Commercium 7(3): 139-149.
  4. Yulianita S, Romadhon A (2020). Pengelolaan Mangrove Berkelanjutan untuk Kegiatan Ekowisata di Pantai Mengare Kabupaten Gresik. Juvenil 1(1): 29-37.
  5. Naiim N (2019). Potensi Kawasan Mangrove Sebagai Ekowisata di Pulau Mengare Kabupaten Gresik. Tugas Akhir D3 Pengelolaan Hutan, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
  6. Putri DC, Bahruddin M, Khoiriqqoh A (2016). Perancangan Logo dan Media Promosi Pulau Mengare Gresik Berbasis Edukasi Sebagai Upaya Mengenalkan Wisata Sejarah. Jurnal Art Nouveau 5(1): 55-65.
  7. Alit W AAS, Ratnawati R, Siswanto PA (2015). Pemetaan Kerusakan Hutan Mangrove Kawasan Pesisir Desa Kramat Kecamatan Bungah Kabupaten Gresik. Prosiding Forum Ilmiah Tahunan Ikatan Surveyor Indonesia 2(1).

The Gresik coast

  1. Kiranti AR (2025). Pemetaan Perubahan Luas Hutan Mangrove di Pesisir Gresik Menggunakan Citra Sentinel 2A dengan Mangrove Vegetation Indeks dari Tahun 2020 sampai 2024. Tugas Akhir D4 Teknologi Survei dan Pemetaan Dasar, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
  2. Sodikin, Hidayat R, Nurdin G, Anwar MS (2024). Analisis Spasial Perubahan Mangrove di Wilayah Pesisir Kabupaten Gresik Provinsi Jawa Timur. Jurnal Perikanan dan Kelautan 14(2): 155-164.
  3. Zakiyah U, Wuninggar W (2024). Mangrove Conservation Based Strategy in Ecotourism Development as Part of "Banyuurip Mangrove Centre" Coastal Resources Management in Gresik Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Jurnal Natur Indonesia 22(1).
  4. Wilianto MU (2024). Analisa dan Pemetaan Kepadatan Hutan Mangrove di Wilayah Pesisir Pantai Gresik. Skripsi, UPN Veteran Jawa Timur.
  5. Prasita VD, Bintoro RS, Permatasari IN, Widagdo S, Sugianto E, Rosana N (2023). The Coastline Change Pattern of Gresik Beach around the Madura Strait, Indonesia. Indonesian Journal of Geography 55(3): 527-537.
  6. Styaningsih K, Binawati DK (2023). Keanekaragaman dan Indeks Nilai Penting Tumbuhan Mangrove di Kecamatan Gresik, Kebomas dan Manyar Kabupaten Gresik. STIGMA: Jurnal Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Unipa 16(2): 60-67.
  7. Kurniawan NC, Efendy M (2020). Pemetaan Garis Pantai Berdasarkan Identifikasi Karakteristik Sedimen Dasar dan Hidrooseanografi: Studi Kasus Pesisir Gresik Utara. Juvenil 1(1): 66-74.
  8. Masruroh L, Insafitri (2020). Pengaruh Jenis Substrat terhadap Kerapatan Vegetasi Avicennia marina di Kabupaten Gresik. Juvenil 1(2): 151-159.
  9. Annisa NN (2020). Analisis Sedimentasi terhadap Perubahan Luasan Mangrove Menggunakan Teknologi Penginderaan Jauh Multitemporal (Studi Kasus: Kabupaten Gresik). Skripsi, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember.

Wider context

  1. Husamah H, Rahardjanto A, Romadoni LS (2026). Sediment-Driven Expansion of Tropical Mangroves in the Bengawan Solo Delta Revealed by Multi-Decadal Google Earth Engine Analysis. Preprints.org (preprint; peer-reviewed version noted as Geographies 6(3): 85).
  2. Santoso N, Avenzora R, Rachmatullah A, Rabiali LOM, Oktovianus, Oktavia RCD, Ramadhan Y (2025). Establishment of Sustainable Management Model for the Ujungpangkah's Mangrove Essential Ecosystem Area, Gresik – East Java. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics 20(12): 2859-2881.
  3. Putri PA (2023). Karakteristik Morfologi Spesies Mangrove Desa Ngemboh Ujungpangkah Gresik dan Pemanfaatannya Sebagai Sumber Belajar Bagi Masyarakat dalam Bentuk E-Booklet. Skripsi, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya.
  4. Bunting P, Rosenqvist A, Hilarides L, Lucas RM, Thomas N, Tadono T, Worthington TA, Spalding M, Murray NJ, Rebelo L-M (2022). Global Mangrove Extent Change 1996–2020: Global Mangrove Watch Version 3.0. Remote Sensing 14(15): 3657.
  5. Kretarta A (2020). Kajian Kerusakan Lingkungan pada Ekosistem Mangrove di Wilayah Pesisir Ujung Pangkah Kabupaten Gresik (Studi di Desa Pangkah Kulon dan Pangkah Wetan Kecamatan Ujung Pangkah Kabupaten Gresik Provinsi Jawa Timur). Tesis, Magister Ilmu Lingkungan, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
  6. Wardhani AK (2020). Analisis Temporal dan Spasial Perubahan Luas Hutan Mangrove sebagai Pelindung Pantai Alami di Wilayah Pantai Utara Jawa Timur. Tesis, Teknik Kelautan, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember.
  7. Budiman MAK, Fahrudin A, Santoso N (2019). Diversity and spatial use of birds in the Ujung Pangkah coastal area of Gresik Regency, West Java. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 241: 012021.
  8. Sabrina H, Mardiastuti A, Hernowo JB (2019). Keanekaragaman Burung Air di Muara Bengawan Solo, Gresik, Jawa Timur. Media Konservasi 24(1): 103-108.
  9. Ali M, Sulistiono (2018). Mangrove Vegetation: Composition & Structure in Bengawan Solo Estuary, Indonesia. Asian Health, Science and Technology Reports 26(4): 107-118.
  10. Andalas R (2018). Pemanfaatan dan Nilai Manfaat Langsung Sumberdaya Mangrove Muara Sungai Bengawan Solo. Skripsi, IPB University.
  11. Prasetyo A, Santoso N, Prasetyo LB (2017). Kerusakan Ekosistem Mangrove di Kecamatan Ujung Pangkah Kabupaten Gresik Provinsi Jawa Timur. Jurnal Silvikultur Tropika 8(2): 130-133.
  12. Sutopo, Santoso N, Hernowo JB (2017). Pola Penggunaan Ruang dan Waktu Kelompok Burung Air pada Ekosistem Mangrove Muara Bengawan Solo Kabupaten Gresik. Media Konservasi 22(2): 129-137.
  13. Rokhmah M (2005). Kajian Perubahan Garis Pantai Menggunakan Citra Penginderaan Jauh Multitemporal Tahun 1973-2002 di Ujung Pangkah Jawa Timur. Skripsi, Kartografi dan Penginderaan Jauh, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
  14. Hendrianto E (2002). Diversitas Burung Air Ardeidae di Delta Solo Ujung Pankah Gresik. Skripsi, Universitas Airlangga.

In the media

Supported by
Danantara IndonesiaPupuk IndonesiaPetrokimia GresikTJSL Petrokimia Gresik
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Programme development partners
Agrie ConservationEcosains IndonesiaGresik Naturalist