This issue features an Invited Feature Article about mangrove rehabilitation by Pat Dale, John M. Knight and Patrick Dwyer. Mangroves disappear worldwide at rate of 1–2 % per year due to various natural and anthropogenic pressures. Mangrove rehabilitation techniques are traditionally based on trying to reproduce the natural biophysical conditions for mangroves. Rehabilitation success has often been poor to mixed and the reasons are many. They include taking shortcuts, using inappropriate methods, failing to integrate human and ecological components of the rehabilitation system, and governance issues. This Invited Feature Article proposes a strategy to develop a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach when attempting to rehabilitate mangroves.

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