When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon planted R. stylosa at Tarawa in Kiribati during his visit on 5 September 2011, he adopted the same planting technique (Figure 1). About 800 local elementary school students and 230 environmental youth club members have participated in planting activities since 2005 (Figure 2). The mangrove plantations are also extended to the other islands such as in Abemama, Butaritari and others using the same technique led by ISME and the Ministry of Environment Lands and Agriculture Development together with local communities. Currently, the massive effort of greening the bare white coral sand flats in Kiribati by school children and youth is yielding positive results (Figure 3), a move in the right direction towards addressing the problems of climate change. Fig.1 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon planting mangrove propagules in Kiribati using the close-group planting technique. Fig.2 Teaching the school children in Kiribati the technique of group planting of Rhizophora stylosa propagules on the white coral sand under blistering heat. Fig.3 The amazing greening effort of the bare white coral sand flats in Kiribatiby the school children and youth is showing positive results. (background) 198 Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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