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This guide presents a framework that identifies nine essential elements that field practitioners have found useful to consider in their work. Think of these elements as "stepping stones" along a path. The path begins with a natural resouijce or conservation problem or issue you have identified and takes steps toward a socially and ecologically sustainable solution to the problem.

Mangrove is a type of forest growing along tidal mudflats and along shallow water coastal areas extending inland along rivers, streams and their tributaries where the water is generally brackish. The mangrove ecosystem is dominated by mangrove trees as the primary producer interacting with associated aquatic fauna, social and physical factors of the coastal environment.