Guyana Mangrove Monitoring
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GuyMIS is a web application dedicated to monitoring the extent and the change of mangroves in Guyana. Mangroves serve as a link between terrestrial and marine environments and as such, perform multiple functions including coastal protection, livelihoods for coastal communities, carbon sequestration and other countless ecosystem services.
The loss of mangroves has generated diverse negative climatic, social, ecological, and environmental impacts, thereby promoting the need for strategic plans for management, protection, and restoration actions. Guyana has taken progressive steps to manage its mangrove forests by implementing several strategies with National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) leading the drive to sustainably manage, restore and monitor the country’s mangrove resources since 2010.
The objective of the App is to make mangrove-related data freely available to partner organizations, government, and civil society on mangrove-related land-use change data
