By Clestine Juan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Guyana\u2019s oil industry accelerates offshore, an essential initiative taking shape along the vulnerable coastline might be just as crucial for the long-term future. Much of the population lives on a low-lying coastal plain below sea level, relying on a fragile combination of seawalls, drainage systems, and natural barriers to keep back the Atlantic Ocean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mangrove forests are a vital natural defence system.
Kene Moseley-Boston, Project Coordinator for Mangrove Restoration and Management at the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), believes protecting and restoring mangrove ecosystems is a national priority.
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\u201cMangrove restoration is critically important in the context of Guyana\u2019s expanding oil and gas sector because it helps ensure that economic development is balanced with environmental protection and long-term coastal resilience,\u201d she said. Click here<\/strong><\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Clestine Juan As Guyana\u2019s oil industry accelerates offshore, an essential initiative taking shape along the vulnerable coastline might be just as crucial for the long-term future. Much of the population lives on a low-lying coastal plain below sea level, relying on a fragile combination of seawalls, drainage systems, and natural barriers to keep back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-featured"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}