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Mariela’s Field Notes: Trabajos en el proceso de restauración de la Duna

Mariela Declet Pérez, a Project Lead of the DUNAS project, tells us about the process of continuing restoration and maintenance of the dunes, read more on today’s blog!



Luego de la visita para evaluar el estado de las dunas, procedimos a comenzar con los trabajos de continuación de restauración y mantenimiento de la duna #1. Para esta primera parte, contamos con la colaboración de un equipo pequeño pero bueno y trabajador. Se realizaron cinco sistemas de biomimética, estos se colocaron en lugares estratégicos para ir ayudando a la duna a cerrar y evitar áreas de erosión interna en el proceso de recuperación. El total de tablas colocadas este día fueron 100, adicional a esto se sembraron 62 esquejes de verdolaga rosada acompañando estos nuevos sistemas de biomimética y en otros puntos de la duna para aumentar la cobertura vegetal de la misma. After the initial visit to assess the state of the dunes, we moved on to the continuation of restoration and maintenance work on dune #1. For this first part we had the support of a small but hard-working team. Five biomimetic systems were established and were placed in strategic places to help the dune to close and avoid areas of internal erosion in the recovery process. The total number of boards placed this day was 100, in addition to this, 62 cuttings of sea purslane were sown accompanying these new biomimetic systems and in other points of the dune to increase the plant coverage.


Estas primeras dos fotos muestran a los voluntarios trabajando en los nuevos sistemas de biomimética. These first two photos show the volunteers working on the new biomimetic systems.


María Eugenia preparando los espeques de verdolaga rosada. María Eugenia preparing the sea purslane cuttings.


Estas dos fotos muestran la siembra de la verdolaga rosada en los nuevos sistemas de biomimética. These two photos show the sowing of the sea purslane in the new biomimetic systems.


 

This project is made possible through a 2018 Climate Adaptation Fund grant from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) entitled, “Puerto Rico se Levanta: Learning from extreme events to build and sustain a resilient future". Support to establish the Climate Adaptation Fund was provided by a grant to the WCS from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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