MMM7 Talk Program

* Please note that this public version of the program shows only the presenter’s name and presentation title. Co-authors are omitted for readability.

Day 1 (1 July 2026)

Keynote Talk (13:40–14:20)

1_K1_1  Toyohiko Miyagi, Impacts of the Rapid/Relative Sea-level Rise among the Mangrove ecosystems

Oral Session: Nature Positive Mangroves: Biodiversity Foundations, Data Systems, and Policy Interfaces (14:30–16:00)

1_P1_1  Catherine Lovelock, Mangrove biodiversity and ecosystem services

1_P1_2  Sigit Sasmito, Integrating climate mitigation, biodiversity and coastal protection in Indonesia’s mangroves using a national-scale MRV framework

1_P1_3  Savannah Hewson, Comparative audit of taxonomic and biogeographic consistency across global mangrove databases

1_P1_4  Véronique Helfer, Mangrove biodiversity and resilience – mind plant functional traits

1_P1_5  Alison Wee, Bridging the science-policy chasm in the application of environmental DNA metabarcoding as a tool for biodiversity monitoring in mangroves from developing maritime nations

1_P1_6  Layla Olefs, Are mangroves and biodiversity a hot topic in corporate sustainability?

Oral Session: Biodiversity Monitoring and Indicators for Nature Positive Mangroves (16:30–18:00)

1_P2_1  Jennifer Rowntree, 25 years of microsatellite data reveal regional and taxonomic influence on global patterns of mangrove genetic diversity

1_P2_2  Henrique Bravo, Functional analysis of mangrove forests in Hong Kong reveals heterogeneity and imbalance in macrofaunal communities

1_P2_3  Diego Gloria, Automated and standardised crab monitoring for global mangrove ecosystem assessments

1_P2_4  Lorenzo Ballini, A methodological workflow for eDNA-based biodiversity monitoring in mangrove forests

1_P2_5  Bernadeth Grace Pananganan, Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals longitudinal fish diversity patterns in mangrove rivers of Iriomote Island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site

1_P2_6  Shuhaida Shuib, Microscopy, DNA metabarcoding, and stable isotope analyses reveal food preferences of fiddler crab species in a tropical mangrove

Day 2 (2 July 2026)

Keynote Talk (9:20–10:00)

2_K1_1  Anusha Rajkaran, Reviewing Data-Deficiency of Mangroves Ecological Datasets in African to Support Evidence-based Management and other Priorities.

Flash Talk Session 2-F1 (10:00–10:20)

2-F1-1  Marizka Juliano, Baseline assessment of mangrove-associated fish biodiversity in Nakama River, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding

2-F1-2  Iori Mizukami, New distribution records and genetic diversity of Paromoionchis tumidus (Semper, 1880) inhabiting artificial mangrove areas in Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa-jima Island

2-F1-3  Sarah Wells, Mangrove distribution on the open coast can be predicted using global wave data sets.

2-F1-4  Mathias Hofkens-Van den Brandt, Using archived maps, written accounts, and photographs for the historical ecology of Guadeloupe from 1686 till present

2-F1-5  Judith Rosentreter, The mangrove methane budget- a case study from Australia

2-F1-6  Isabel Romero, Belowground organic carbon content in natural and created mangroves of different ages in Southwestern Florida

2-F1-7  Topik Hidayat, Early Biodiversity Recovery Following Ecological Restoration in a Highly Urbanized Mangrove Ecosystem

2-F1-8  Ignace Pelckmans, Nature-based mitigation of flood risks by Rhizophora spp. mangroves in a tropical delta: integrating observations and modelling

Oral Session: Evolution, Biogeography, and Ecological Connectivity in Mangrove Systems (10:50–12:20)

2_A1_1  Koji Takayama, Contrasting dispersal syndromes and the biogeographical history of Talipariti tiliaceum (Malvaceae), a widespread mangrove associate

2_A1_2  Wenshu Yap, Sedimentary DNA and geochemical proxies reveal mangrove ecosystem response to late Holocene climate variability

2_A1_3  Kun-Chin Hung, How the endangered endemic fiddler crab Xeruca formosensis survives in a fragmented coastal landscape

2_A1_4  Jurgenne Primavera, Camptostemon philippinensis: UPDATES ON DISTRIBUTION AND NURSERY PROPAGATION

2_A1_5  Matin Miryeganeh, Epigenetic memory and adaptive reprogramming in mangrove trees under fluctuating salinity

2_A1_6  Ana Filipa Palmeirim, Exploring the ecological interlinkages between mangrove and terrestrial forests

Flash Talk Session 2-F2 (12:20–12:40)

2-F2-1  wei Ling Ng, Meiofaunal and Nematode Community Structure in Mangrove Sediments of Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan

2-F2-2  Mohammed Rizman-Idid, Phylogenetics of Bruguiera spp. from the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia with emphasis on the population genetic structure of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza.

2-F2-3  Ronny Peters, How abiotic conditions shape mangrove - saltmarsh ecotones and what is the impact of climate change and sea level rise?

2-F2-4  Age Kridalaksana, MapBiomas Indonesia: Annual Mangrove Mapping of Indonesia, 1990–2024.

2-F2-5  Zhao-Jun Yong, Beyond soil emissions: Quantifying stem-mediated greenhouse gas fluxes across mangrove species and tidal cycles

2-F2-6  Ivonne Batan, A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CARBON POOLS BETWEEN RESTORED AND NON-RESTORED MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

2-F2-7  TBA

2-F2-8  Thomas Dunlop, Evaluating ecosystem services with mangrove lifecycle modelling

Oral Session: Mangrove Forest Structure, Regeneration, and Ecohydrological Dynamics (13:40–15:10)

2_P1_1  Peeruch Poommirat, Effect of Lumnitzera racemosa Leachate on Early Life Stages of Bruguiera Species in Thailand

2_P1_2  Jack Hill, Mangrove root architecture

2_P1_3  A. Aldrie Amir, Mangrove canopy gaps: Determining thresholds for their natural regeneration dynamics

2_P1_4  Vicki Bennion, Very Large Mangrove Trees Provide Unique Services and Require Protection from Disturbance

2_P1_5  Emma Asbridge, Geomorphological controls and factors arresting the development of tall mangrove forests

2_P1_6  Stijn Temmerman, Does tidal regime matter? Overlooked impact of semi-diurnal versus diurnal tides on mangrove adaptability to sea level rise

Flash Talk Session 2-F3 (15:10–15:30)

2-F3-1  Jazrel Pauline Kallos, Meiofaunal communities across different mangrove stand types in Southern Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

2-F3-2  Lydia Bunn, Comparison of genetic diversity between planted and natural mangrove stands in Malaysia

2-F3-3  Neil Saintilan, Vulnerability of mangrove ecosystems to sea-level rise: results from the global Surface Elevation Table network

2-F3-4  Lammert Hilarides, Global Mangrove Watch - From Earth Observation to Mangrove Conservation

2-F3-5  Daniel Epron, Insight into the large spatial and temporal variability in methane emission from the trunk and roots of two mangrove species in a subtropical mangrove forest

2-F3-6  Julia Maria Teresa Javier, Estimating the carbon sequestration potential of Rhizophora stylosa Griff. rehabilitated fishponds in Negros Occidental, Philippines

2-F3-7  Maia Patricia Garcia, Recovery of macrobenthos within mangrove-revegetated AUUs in Batan Estuary, Aklan, Philippines

2-F3-8  Vincent van Zelst, Adding a new dimension to the global flood protection value of mangroves and tidal marshes

Oral Session: Mangrove Ecosystem Function: Habitat Complexity, Services, and Biogeochemical Linkages (16:00–17:30)

2_P2_1  Guerric Barrière, Molecular tools for a rapid and robust identication of juvenile and female ocypodid mangrove crabs

2_P2_2  Shing Yip Lee, Quantifying the three-dimensional habitat complexity of mangroves for assessing processes underpinning ecosystem function and services

2_P2_3  Jeffrey Kelleway, Mangroves and beyond: the diverse world of tidal forested wetlands

2_P2_4  Sofía Alfonso-Velasco, Holding the line: Functional insurance of mangrove social-ecological functions and the relative risk of ecosystem service loss

2_P2_5  CHIAO-WEN LIN, Comparative Carbon Budgets of Terrestrial and Aquatic Lumnitzera racemosa Mangroves

2_P2_6  Samantha Chapman, Blue nitrogen budgeting in ecotonal mangroves

Flash Talk Session 2-F4 (17:30–17:50)

2-F4-1  Rafael J. Araújo, Benthic habitat patterns at the mangrove-bay ecotone of Biscayne Bay, Florida

2-F4-2  David Armitage, Evolutionary phytochemistry and physiology of mangrove forests at their northern range margins

2-F4-3  Jessica Thorn, Seeding hope: Underestimated climate risks to mangroves and coastal communities in the Southwestern Indian Ocean

2-F4-4  Jean-Francois Faure, MangMap, an online platform using Earth Observation data for local-scale mangrove monitoring and management: current up-grades and future orientations.

2-F4-5  Scott Jones, Mangrove expansion shifts plant mediation of greenhouse gas fluxes at the marsh-mangrove ecotone in the Southeastern USA

2-F4-6  Pablina Cadiz, Cabon Sequestration of B. sexangula (Loir) Poir. and R. stylosa Griff. Plantation in Ticao Island and South Negros, Philippines

2-F4-7  Chiussie Emeterio, Functional Structure of Macro-Invertebrate Communities Across Early Mangrove Rehabilitation Sites in Mindanao, Philippines

2-F4-8  Matthew Vincent Tabilog, Economic Valuation of Mangrove Ecosystem Services in Sagay City, Philippines

Day 3 (3 July 2026)

Keynote Talk (9:20–10:00)

3_K1_1  Thomas Worthington, Conservation of the world’s mangroves: What progress has been made?

Flash Talk Session 3-F1 (10:00–10:20)

3-F1-1  Giacomo Chini, A comparison of Visual vs. Image-Based Approaches for Monitoring Mangrove Crab Communities.

3-F1-2  Gustavo Mori, Testing for Avicennia germinans long- and short-term local adaptation using common garden experiments

3-F1-3  Anoop Singh, Mangrove and local community responses to sea level drop following coastal uplift in North Andaman Islands, India

3-F1-4  Nelson Miranda, From Map to Conversation: Democratizing Access to Global Mangrove Data with a Scientific Large Language Model

3-F1-5  Faming Wang, Fiddler crab bioturbation stimulates methane emissions in mangroves: Insights into microbial mechanisms

3-F1-6  Jingfan Zhang, Global Mangrove Organic Carbon Stocks, Sources, and Restoration Potential

3-F1-7  Aninda Rudiastuti, A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Mangrove Rehabilitation Recovery Trajectories: Integrating Vulnerability Approach and Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing

3-F1-8 Aji Anggoro, Perception of Mangrove Ecosystem Conservation: A Case of Silvofishery in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Oral Session: Monitoring and Mapping Mangrove Change: From Remote Sensing to Policy (10:50–12:20)

3_A1_1  Richard MacKenzie, Making Mangrove Elevation Monitoring Accessible: User-Friendly Methods for Integrating rSETs, LiDAR, and Data Platforms

3_A1_2  Uta Berger, A conceptual framework and open-source tool for characterising Mangrove-Salt-Marsh Ecotone patterns for early detection of changes in flooding regimes

3_A1_3  Catherine Waite, Beyond Mangrove Loss: A Framework for Monitoring Degradation at a Global Scale

3_A1_4  Pete Bunting, Global Mangrove Watch Extent and Change 1985 – 2025: Drivers and causes of change

3_A1_5  Wee Cheah, Tracking Mangrove Loss and Recovery in Malaysia with AlphaEarth Embeddings

3_A1_6  Jacob Bukoski, A near-global assessment of national mangrove monitoring capacities and climate policy ambitions

Flash Talk Session 3-F2 (12:20–12:40)

3-F2-1  Tommaso Marinoni, Impact of nipa palm (Nypa fruticans) and mud lobsters (Thalassina spp.) on mangrove crab communities

3-F2-2  Masaki Kobayashi, Transcriptional regulation of temperature-dependent seedling growth in two mangrove species

3-F2-3  Steven Pennings, Resistance and Resilience of Texas Mangroves to Two Major Disturbances

3-F2-4  Kizashi Koga, What Drives Mangrove Forest Gains in Indonesia? A Causal Inference Analysis with Regional Comparative Perspective

3-F2-5  Beatriz Alejandra Aguilar Enriquez, Regional Variability in Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization Across Carbonate Mangroves of Southwest Florida

3-F2-6  Sai Qu, When Cities Reclaim Coasts: How Urban Forcing Switches Blue Carbon from Loss to Recovery in Singapore

3-F2-7  Precious Jacob, ​Developing an Integrative and Locally Adaptive Mangrove Restoration Map for a Fisheries Management Area in the Philippines

3-F2-8  María Loayza, Ecosystems as natural classrooms for generating learning opportunities and participatory knowledge building: community science on biodiversity associated with mangrove ecosystems in the Galapagos

Oral Session: Mangrove Resilience under Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise (13:40–16:30)

3_P1_1  William Glamore, Predicting mangrove habitat extent – The evolution of causal approaches applied at mangrove restoration sites over the past 25 years.

3_P1_2  Heather Stewart, Adaptive Management for Mangrove Islands Facing Coastal Inundation

3_P1_3  Sharyn Hickey, Marine Forests in Hot Water: Are mangroves the forgotten victim or unsung hero habitat of heatwaves?

3_P1_4  Martin Zimmer, Climate change-resilience of mangrove forests and their potential for coastal socio-ecological resilience

3_P1_5  Jessica Rosenqvist, Modelling mangrove resilience to sea level rise in the Western Indian Ocean region

3_P1_6  Rogerio Soares Goncalves, Earth observations reveal the dynamics of mangroves, but persistent change is anticipated to be driven by sea-level rise

3_P1_7  KERRYLEE ROGERS, The Complexity of Mangrove Forest Resilience in the Anthropocene

3_P1_8  Kiyoshi Fujimoto, What is happening in the mangrove forests on Pohnpei Island in the Federated States of Micronesia, where rapid sea-level rise is progressing

Flash Talk Session 3-F3 (14:40–15:00)

3-F3-1  Chen-Lu Lee, Diet composition and trophic impact of an introduced hybrid grouper in coastal mangrove

3-F3-2  Skylar Livengood, The impacts of nitrogen enrichment on black mangrove seedling establishment

3-F3-3  Allie Durdall, Monitoring Mangrove Forest Structure Across the U.S. Virgin Islands: understanding recovery in the wake of two Category 5 hurricanes

3-F3-4  Sikula Magupin, Remote Sensing-Based Assessment of Mangrove Health in Marudu Bay, Sabah, Malaysia

3-F3-5  Daisy Ruhlmann, Organic matter recalcitrance in Mangrove sediments and leaf litter: a thermogravimetric approach

3-F3-6  Radhika Bhargava, Mangroves in national mitigation targets: mapping inclusion patterns, gaps and future potential

3-F3-7  Mohammad Sagar Islam, Discovering indicator for restoration endpoint: Hindcasting-forecasting shows spatial patterns of different mangrove species converge toward a common stable attractor

3-F3-8  Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem, Mangroves in the Anthropocene: Challenges of Managing Complex Socio-Ecosystems in the Face of Global Change (the French initiative)

Flash Talk Session 3-F4 (16:30–16:50)

3-F4-1  Mohammad Basyuni, eDNA metabarcoding reveals mangrove-associated fish biodiversity in mangrove forest, Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

3-F4-2  Verónica González Quintero, Dendrochronological Exploration of Wood Anatomical Responses to Climate Change in Mangroves: China and Panama

3-F4-3  Gabriela Thompson-Saud, Ten years after: tracking the recovery of extreme mangrove dieback in Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria

3-F4-4  Kim Calders, New aboveground biomass reference estimates through terrestrial laser scanning

3-F4-5  Giovanna Wolswijk, Mangrove carbon contrasts: deltaic, estuarine, and lagoonal forests of Malaysia

3-F4-6  Tim Jennerjahn, Opportunities and risks of Blue Carbon projects on the voluntary carbon market – the way forward

3-F4-7  Fernanda Adame, Recovery of ecosystem services from a constructed mangrove forest

3-F4-8  Constant GNANSOUNOU, Mangrove Social-Ecological Resilience Appraisal (MaSERA): A novel interdisciplinary Framework and Application in Benin, West Africa

Day 4 (4 July 2026)

Keynote Talk (9:20–10:00)

4_K1_1  Virni Budi Arifanti, Mangrove Blue Carbon as Nature-Based Solutions: Advancing Research and Governance in Indonesia

Flash Talk Session 4-F1 (10:00–10:20)

4-F1-1  Nasreen Peer, Unveiling Estuarine Diversity: Aquatic and Sedimentary eDNA Metabarcoding of Fish and Invertebrate Communities in South African Mangroves

4-F1-2  Tobias Poprick, Variation of functional traits of three mangrove species across the Galapagos archipelago

4-F1-3  Adam Canning, When forests fall, fisheries falter: Climate-driven mangrove dieback affects fisheries

4-F1-4  Guanzhen Liu, Overcoming the ground-truth bottleneck in mangrove biomass estimation: Coupling individual-based modelling with LiDAR simulations

4-F1-5  Wei-Jen Lin, Linking stand age to carbon burial and productivity in Kandelia obovata mangroves

4-F1-6  Valerie Kwan, Environmental market opportunities constrained by land tenure

4-F1-7  NOA LIGOT, AquaForest: A Nature-Based Approach for Mangrove Restoration, Climate Adaptation, and Carbon Mitigation in the Guayas Delta

4-F1-8  Preeyaphat Chaiklang, Governance gaps in mangrove management: A case study of actor power relations and climate vulnerability in Thailand

Oral Session: Greenhouse Gas Fluxes and Blue Carbon Dynamics in Mangrove Ecosystems (10:50–12:20)

4_A1_1  Dina Rasquinha, ManglarIA, leveraging AI to monitor carbon fluxes in Mexico’s priority mangrove sites

4_A1_2  Jonathan Gewirtzman, Mangrove methane emissions intensified by hurricane disturbance in the Florida coastal Everglades

4_A1_3  Julio Salas-Rabaza, Tree-mediated greenhouse gas fluxes in mangrove forests: A globally overlooked pathway

4_A1_4  NAIMA IRAM, Ecological constraints on blue carbon in the Mekong Delta Mangroves

4_A1_5  Mirco Wölfelschneider, Where does Mangrove-Derived Organic Matter Go? Molecular Tracing of Blue Carbon Pathways

4_A1_6  Zoë Shribman, Mangrove soil carbon fluxes across geomorphic gradients in arid Baja California Sur: environmental drivers and implications

Flash Talk Session 4-F2 (12:20–12:40)

4-F2-1  Giorgia Staffoni, Environmental DNA-based monitoring as an alternative to traditional methods: a case study from Hong Kong mangroves

4-F2-2  Maxwell Portmann, Structural and Functional Trait Relationships of 3 Mangrove Species Along a Latitudinal Gradient on the Florida (USA) Atlantic Coast

4-F2-3  Masaya Yoshikai, Assessment of cyclone impacts on wave-induced sediment erosion in fringing mangrove forests

4-F2-4  Keisuke Yanehashi, Enhancing Blue Carbon MRV with GEDI-Derived Mangrove Canopy Height Mapping: A Case Study from Komi Bay, Iriomote Island

4-F2-5  Verginia Wortel, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TREE SIZE, SOIL ORGANIC CARBON, PNEUMATOPHORE PRODUCTIVITY AND ABUNDANCE OF THE AVICENNIA GERMINANS MANGROVE TREE SPECIES IN SURINAME

4-F2-6  Paula Castro Brandão Vaz dos Santos, Identifying Optimal Mangrove Regions for Blue Carbon Conservation: A Marxan-Driven Approach to Doubling Conservation Goals

4-F2-7  Benjamin Scheelk, Large-Scale Mangrove Restoration and Rehabilitation in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Puerto Rico

4-F2-8  Juliette Bidon Rollet, How participation reshapes social representations of mangroves: insights from a restoration project in Cameroon.

Oral Session: Blue Carbon Accounting, Ecosystem Services, and Restoration Outcomes (13:40–15:10)

4_P1_1  SUDIP DEBNATH, Accounting for Blue Carbon in Young Mangrove Restoration: Allometric Models and Biomass Dynamics of Pioneer Mangroves in the Indian Sundarbans

4_P1_2  HSING-JUH LIN, Short-term carbon sink enhancement and ecosystem responses of mangrove restoration in an abandoned fish ponds

4_P1_3  Ingrid Estrada Galindo, Measuring mangrove ecosystem services: how methods shape what we value and prioritise

4_P1_4  José Mancera-Pineda, LINKING HYDROPERIOD, RESOURCES, AND CARBON ACCUMULATION IN KARSTIC OPEN-WATER MANGROVES

4_P1_5  Khady DIALLO, Carbon Storage in Natural and Restored Mangroves of the Sine-Saloum Delta (Senegal): Influence of Protection Status and Restoration Interventions

4_P1_6  Daniel Friess, Status, potential and constraints to mangrove blue carbon in Southeast Asia

Flash Talk Session 4-F3 (15:10–15:30)

4-F3-1  Jinping CHENG, Exploring Hidden Biodiversity in Mangrove Ecosystems: An eDNA Metabarcoding Approach

4-F3-2  José Luis Andrade, Physiological Decoupling of Sap Flow and Energy Balance Drives Thermoregulatory Vulnerability in Scrub Mangroves

4-F3-3  Danielle Ogurcak, Linking hydrologic regime to recovery failure in post-hurricane disturbed mangrove forests of south Florida and southeastern Puerto Rico, USA

4-F3-4  Elodie Blanchard, Monitoring mangrove carbon stocks under extreme coastal change in French Guiana

4-F3-5  Hannah Morrissette, Moving data to decisions: Science‑based mangrove conservation, case studies from Central America

4-F3-6  Rod Connolly, Mangrove wildlife and biodiversity: automated monitoring of local, regional and global trends

4-F3-7  Shinichi Tatsumi, Spatial scale reverses the relationship between stand structural diversity and mangrove productivity in Ranong, Thailand

4-F3-8  Pierre-Yves Pascal, Impact of Sargassum stranding on macrofauna and meiofauna in mangrove of Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

Oral Session: Practical Mangrove Restoration: Rehabilitation, Substrates, and Implementation Pathways (16:00–17:30)

4_P2_1  Camilo Trench, Aiming for new growth, conserving the old growth; mangrove rehabilitation in two mangrove forests in Jamaica

4_P2_2  Kristin Grimes, Nursery and field experiments reveal species-specific outcomes using recycled crushed glass and Sargassum as growth media for Rhizophora mangle and Laguncularia racemosa seedlings

4_P2_3  Maria-Esther Espinoza-Celi, How do mangrove propagule survival and growth changes in different dredged sediment types and tidal inundation stress levels?

4_P2_4  Paul Erftemeijer, Environmental Impacts of Dredging on Mangroves: Evidence, Challenges and Opportunities

4_P2_5  Steffen Swoboda, Identifying key steps and constraints for the implementation of mangrove forest (re-)establishment with the CDRatlas

4_P2_6  Norman Duke, Threats to coastal mangroves, carbon sequestration and fisheries habitat being revealed in recent investigations of damaged shorelines of northern Australia

Flash Talk Session 4-F4 (17:30–17:50)

4-F4-1  Madeline Goddard, A coordinated regional approach to monitoring vertical elevation trends in mangroves

4-F4-2  Genea Nichole Cortez, Ecological and Legal Implications of the Proposed Development in a Ramsar Site in Metro Manila, Philippines

4-F4-3  Léa Fourchault, A One Health network analysis of domestic and sylvatic fauna across mangrove and adjacent anthropogenic habitats

4-F4-4  Satyanarayana Behara, THE LIGHTNING THIEF: HOW MUCH MANGROVE BIOMASS IS LIFTED AND AT WHICH SOCIOECONOMIC RISK?

4-F4-5  Chukwuebuka Nwobi, Mangrove Forest Mapping: Lessons Learnt and Next Steps from Establishing Blue Carbon Project Baselines Across West Africa

4-F4-6  Esmeralda Longepee, Lessons learned from 10 years of transdisciplinary research on the mangroves of Mayotte Island: successes and limits

4-F4-7  Punyasloke Bhadury, Ecological health status of Integrated Mangrove Aquaculture (IMA)- integrating water quality index with aquatic microbiome

4-F4-8  Szu-Ju WU, Enhancing the Management of Estuarine Mangrove Blue Carbon Through High-Frequency IoT Monitoring

Day 5 (5 July 2026)

Keynote Talk (9:20–10:00)

5_K1_1  Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, Once upon a time… the mangrove, and its myths and misconceptions

Oral Session: From Policy to Practice: Nature-based Solutions and Community-centred Mangrove Management (10:00–12:20)

5_A1_1  Severino III Salmo, Mangrove biodiversity and “blue carbon” reflects international priorities but lacks local integration: Lessons and management implications

5_A1_2  Claudia Deveaux Garrido, Integrating biophysical modeling and community codesign to predict wave attenuation capacity across growth stages of Rhizophora mangle

5_A1_3  Rebeca Biancardi, What evidence exists for the use of mangroves as nature-based solutions for coastal adaptation in urban and peri-urban settlements across the West African coastline?

5_A1_4  Andri Hendrizal,  Participatory Mapping Study of Local Mangrove Ecosystem Management in Three Indonesian Coastal Communities

5_A1_5  Lanie Esch, Turning global mangrove commitments into measurable action

5_A1_6  Elisa Lopez Garcia, Leveraging Blue Carbon for Community-Centred Mangrove Management: the West Africa Blue Intervention Framework

5_A1_7  Dominic Andradi-Brown, Evaluating the impacts of integrated mangrove conservation approaches across scales - how do protected areas and national laws and policies combine to affect rates of mangrove loss?

5_A1_8  Adiilah Aungraheeta, Mangrove Matters: Integrating technology, education and communities for sustainable coastal onservation on a small oceanic island

Oral Session: Socio-ecological Systems, Local Knowledge, and Human Well-being in Mangrove Landscapes (13:20–14:50)

5_P1_1  Mwita Mangora, Complex Community Participation and Inconsistent Governance Framework Jeopardises Mangrove Restoration: the case of Rufiji Delta, Tanzania

5_P1_2  Udara Gunathilaka, Embracing century-old invasive species in mangrove forests is an opportunity for IWP-AEP transfer of traditional ecological knowledge

5_P1_3  Jaramar Villarreal Rosas, What is the impact of mangrove restoration on human well-being? A systematic review

5_P1_4  Sean Yeo, Chailen: A Participatory Strategy Game to Rethink Mangrove Restoration Governance

5_P1_5  Laura Montano, REVIEW OF TRADITIONAL USE OF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS IN OCEANIA

5_P1_6  Kinsey Blumenthal, Mangrove Mosquitoes

Oral Session: Disturbance, Degradation, and Carbon Consequences in Mangrove Ecosystems (15:20–16:50)

5_P2_1  Lyle Vorsatz, Plastic bag deposition reshapes macrofaunal structure and function in mangrove mudflats: temporary refuge or ecological trap?

5_P2_2  Annabel Green, Mangrove resilience to a changing climate hindered by bushfire impact

5_P2_3  Quentin Marsal, Improving the fine-scale characterization of the structural diversity of mangrove forests in French Guiana to refine carbon mapping

5_P2_4  Raymond Ward, Carbon sequestration in semi-arid mangrove soils of northeast Brazil

5_P2_5  Theresa-Marie Fett, Quantity and quality of organic matter in sediments of coastal vegetated ecosystems across two bio-regions

5_P2_6  Lukas Lamb-Wotton, Global-scale patterns and drivers of mangrove soil carbon and nitrogen vertical fluxes