To promote the construction of the comprehensive coastal demonstration zone and beautiful bays, our city has initiated the Ecological Restoration Project of Mangrove Forest in Waisha River Mouth of the East Coast New Town (Phase I of the Mangrove Park Project), planting 338,000 trees of mangrove forest, such as aegiceras corniculatum, kandelia candel, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, and taxodium distichum. The project is located on the west bank of the Waisha River Mouth in the East Coast New Town, with Zhongsha Bridge in the north, East Coast Bridge in the south, Waisha River in the east, and the flood control levee in the Xinxi Area in the west. The working area is about 31 hectares. 60% of the total work amount of the project has been completed. The project is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the subsequent management and maintenance will be carried out later.

The implementation of the Phase I of the Mangrove Park Project gives a strict protection of the existing mangroves and ecologically restored mangroves in the park, and aims to further enrich the biodiversity of the area and build a complete ecological chain and network by expanding the number and area of restored wetland vegetation and biological habitats. At the same time, it is planned to make full use of the function of wetlands naturally degrading pollution to optimize the landscape water consumption at the mangrove park through water purification engineering.

Source:Shantou Daily, August 4, 2020

汕头启动东海岸新城外砂河口红树林生态修复项目

　　为推进海岸带综合示范区和美丽海湾建设，我市启动了东海岸新城外砂河口红树林生态修复（红树林公园一期）项目，种植桐花树、秋茄、木榄、落羽杉等33.8万株红树林树种。项目位于东海岸新城外砂河口西岸，北接中砂大桥，南抵东海岸大桥，东临外砂河，西接新溪片区防洪大堤，作业面积约31公顷。整个项目工程量累计已完成6成，计划11月底完成，后续进行管养和维护。

　　红树林公园一期项目的实施，将园内现有红树和生态修复红树严格保护起来，并通过扩大湿地植被恢复及生物栖息地的数量和面积，进一步丰富区域的生物多样性，构建完善的生态链和生态网络。同时规划通过水质净化工程的建设，充分发挥湿地的自然降解污染功能，优化红树林公园的景观用水。

来源：汕头日报2020-8-4