DirectedbyDepartmentofMarineEarlyWarningandMonitoring,MinistryofNaturalResources,PRChinaPreparedbySecondInstituteofOceanography,MinistryofNaturalResourcesEastChinaSeaFisheriesResearchInstitute,ChineseAcademyofFisherySciencesTheInstituteofOceanology,ChineseAcademyofSciences(IOCAS)NationalMarineHazardMitigationService,MinisterofNatureResourcesTheNatureConservancyBeijingRepresentativeOfficeFourthInstituteofOceanography,MinistryofNaturalResourcesMarineScienceResearchInstituteofShandongProvinceShanghaiOceanUniversityNorthChinaSeaEcologicalCenter,MinistryofNaturalResourcesHebeiProvincialTechnologyInnovationCenterforCoastalEcologyRehabilitationShandongQinghaiEcologyandEnvironmentResearchInstituteCo.,Ltd.AuthorsLiSun,YonghuaTan,WeiMo,WeiminQuan,LiLi,JieCheng,DegangWang,XinpingChen,DuianLv,JunCheng,MiaoYu,XianXu,MengruChu,YitingFan,GuoyiWen,WeiWang,YiZhang,ShuoYu,JingjingSong,ShuoZhang,QingLiu,YueWang,YunlingZhang,ZibinLi,ShentongWang,NannanLi,YangZheng,XiufenMa,SiqunLan,WeiJiang,RuiliangFan.OrganizationsandPersonnelHandbookofEcosystemRestorationforCoastalHazardMitigation:OysterReefsINaturaldisastersareamongthemostpressingglobalchallengesfacinghumanitytoday.Toeffectivelyaddresstheirsevereimpacts,approachessuchasNature-basedSolutions(NbS)andEcosystem-basedDisasterRiskReduction(Eco-DRR)havegainedsignificantglobalattention.Thesestrategiesaimtoleverageecosystemservicesfordisastermitigationthroughtheprotection,restoration,andsustainablemanagementofecosystems,ultimatelyensuringsustainableandresilientsocio-economicdevelopment.TheseapproachesarehighlyalignedwithChina'svisionofecologicalcivilizationanditsmodernprinciplesofdisasterpreventionandmitigation.Incoastalareas,ecosystemssuchassaltmarshes,oysterreefs,sandyshores,andseagrassbedsserveasnaturalbuffers,protectingagainsttidesandwaveswhilereinforcingembankmentsandsafeguardingshorelines.Theseecosystemsactas“guardiansofthesea,”playingacrucialroleinmitigatingtherisksofmarinedisasters.Throughtheecologicalprotectionandrestorationofcoastalzones,thedisastermitigationfunctionsoftheseecosystemscanbefullyrealized,enhancingtheabilityofcoastalareastowithstandtyphoons,stormsurges,andothermarinehazards.Toguidepracticalworkinthisfield,theMinistryofNaturalResourceshaslaunchedaseriesofhandbooksoncoastalecosystemrestoration.Thesehandbooksaimtointegrateecologicalbenefitswithmarinehazardmitigation,focusingontherestorationofcoastalsaltmarshes,oysterreefs,sandyshores,andseagrassbeds.Theyofferdetailedguidanceonecologicalbaselinesurveys,problemdiagnosis,restorationobjectives,interventionmeasures,andtheentirechainoftechnicalsteps,NTRODUCTIONHandbookofEcosystemRestorationforCoastalHazardMitigation:OysterReefsincludingmonitoring,evaluation,andadaptivemanagement.Emphasizingsciencepopularisation,practicality,andoperability,thehandbooksareconciseandwell-illustrated,providingvaluabletechnicalsupportforthescientificimplementationofecologicaldisastermitigationandrestorationincoastalareas.ThisseriesofhandbookshasbeendevelopedwithsupportfromtheMinistryofFinanceandtheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature(IUCN),towhomweexpressoursinceregratitude.Wealsoextendourappreciationtothepractitionersandexpertsdedicatedtocoastalzoneecologicaldisastermitigationandrestoration.Duetothelimitedtimeandresourcesavailableforthepreparationofthesehandbooks,theremaybeunavoidableshortcomin...
