Tubing experiment saves mangrove seedlings

Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project ranger Raymond Hinds is proud of the success of the experimental breakwater-geotextile tubing responsible for saving the black mangrove and Spartina grass plants behind him.

Spindly mangrove seedlings scattered in the grey-brown waters of the Atlantic Ocean sway gently in the tiny currents lapping the foreshore at Victoria, East Coast Demerara. Here and there, tufts of green Spartina grass poke through the miniature waves, striving for sunlight.

It may not seem like a great deal to shout about but for those working with the Guyana Mangrove