Pacific Mangrove Monitoring Network (PAC-MAN)
PAC-MAN has set up permanent mangrove plots around Palau to track how mangroves are responding to sea level rise using rod surface elevation tables and natural tracers (210Pb).
Implementing institution and partners involved in the project
"Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment, Division of Land, Forest, and Water Management; Airai, Aimeliik, Ngiwal, Ngaraard, and Ngermelengui Protected Area Network. US Forest Service."
Funders of the project
"USGS PICASC and the US Forest Service"
Achievements & indicators
Implementation of rSETS.
210Pb results suggest that most of Palau’s mangroves are keeping up with sea level rise.
