PART 2: APPENDIX 1. Study Area and Field Survey Appendix 1 Study Area and Field Survey 1.2 List of Study Area (Before Revision) Mangrove Study Area Site conditions Community involvement Area (ha) 1) Khawr Shinas 53 Planning to use as a park 2) Bandar Khairan 83 Picnic ground for barbecue and camping 3) Quriyat 80 Browsing by Illegal dumping of animals construction waste 4) Sur (Sukeira) 58 Planting Fodder for camel, fuel mangrove wood for community, (1.2 ha) recreational use as a park 5) Film-Mahawt 172 Used for fodder, Temporary houses for gillnets are set fishermen (population increase during the fishing season) Mangrove Sites 6) Salalah (Taqa) 1.6 Heavy browsing Protection area (access by camel limitation) 7) Salalah (Khawr Kabir 5.9 Browsing by Fodder for camel and Khawr Saghir) camel, Mangrove nursery construction started 1) Khaburah 0 2) Suwaiq (2 Khawrs) 0 3) Al-Sawadi 0 Mangrove planting Development plan for (1,16 ha) hotel, broken fence 4) Barka (2 Khawrs) 0 Developed as community park 5) Seeb 0 6) Ras Al-Hadd (Khawr 0 Near to a hotel site Ai-Hajar) Potential Khawrs 7) Umm Al-Rusay (Masirah 0 Island) 8) Duqm 0 9) Salalah (4 Khawrs) 0 A1-2 1.3 Results of Quick Survey at 47 Sites (1/3) Location Natural Conditions Social Condition Note and Comments Site Name No. of Mangrove Review and request by & Number Quick GPS Usage Pressure/Social Technical comment on forest Region Study Site (ha) Tidal Condition Wave/Wind Flood Salinity pH Soil Conditions Advice by JICA expert Omani side (DG, Nature on TOR Survey Positioning Impact and plantation Conservation) 1KhawrKhawr Kalba ?? Tidal action is disturbed. Calm in summer No need to plant. Some care Agree to omit. Kalba like thinning may be effective to calm stress which assumed to be brought by disturbance in tidal range at the month. 1-4. Shinas 2 Shinas Khawr Shinas 53.0 Normal at present. Calm in summer. Rare 4.0 - 3.5 7.8 - 8.1 Sandy soil with aerobic condition at Developing the area as a Possible to plant mangrove Possible to plant near river OK. Drifted sand damaged seaside, silty and muddy surface soil municipal park. Access along the khawr streching to the month. seaward fringe. with anaerobic condition at deeper road to the area is city. khaws. constructed. Some care like thinning may be good for the damaged parts. 3 Liwa Khawr Harmul & ?? Endangered by sand deposition Calm in summer, but Rare Strongly sedimented area in beach, Developing the area as a No need to plant. Possible to plant near river OK. THE MASTERPLANSTUDYON Nabr at mouth in Harmul. Nabr has sand in killing Nabr uplanded mangrove area, sandy soil municipal park. Need urgent support to the month and seaside. been dried up. forest. Need to know along beach, silty surface soil in inner dried up forest of Nabr. Sedimentation by the effects of wind in khawrs. Difficult to control sand. construction of new Sohar winter. port? 4 Saham Khawr Hamam N24° 08'40.0" 0.0 Dried up. Protected by sand Once in Impossible to plant. Agree to omit. MANAGEMENT OFMANGROVEINTHESULTANATEOMAN E56° 54'36.6" bank. a while. 2-5. 5Bani Khawr Milh N24° 02'39.0" 0.0 Embanked brackish water Protected by sand Once in ?? Silty surface soil with aerobic condition. Possible to plant m. in a line, Agree to omit. Khaburah Khalid E57° 01'53.5" swamp. bank. a while. but difficult to keep them alive against flood. 6Khaburah North Khaburah 0.0 Dried up. Protected by sand Once in Sandy soil near beach, silty surface soil Impassible to plant. Agree to omit. bank. a while. in lower places of khawr, no water in A1-3 khawr. 7 Khawr Za'ab N24° 00'33.3" 0.0 Embanked high saline swamp Protected by sand Once in 6.4 Silty and humic surface soil near khawr Impassible to plant. Agree to omit. E57° 04'32.7" with HWS inflow. bank. a while. water, sandy soil near beach and other area, humic surface water. 2-4. Suwaiq 8Suwayq North Suwayq N24° 52'10.5" 0.0 Dried up. Protected by sand Once in Sandy soil with aerobic condition, no Fishing village. Many Impassible to plant. Difficult to use. Necessary Agree to omit. (2Khawars) E57° 21'50.3" bank. a while. water. goats are grazing. to construction works to use. 9 Khawr Qizmi N24° 51'37.0" 0.0 Embanked high saline swamp Protected by sand Once in 6.2 Sandy soil near beach, silty and humic Impassible to plant. Agree to omit. E57° 24'30.1" with HWS inflow. bank. a while. soil in surface near khawr water humic surface water. RESTORATION, CONSERVATIONAND 2-2. Sawadi 10 Suwadi Khawr Suwadi N23° 45'.55.5" 0.0 Normal tidal innundation on a Calm in summer, but Rare Sandy soil with aerobic condition at sea Existing recreational area Soft ground within 1 hundred Plan to plant in Jan. ～ OK, but at the second last E57° 47'27.0" huge tidal flat. drifted green algae shore, silty surface soil with anaerobic of the local people. New meters width along the channels Feb. 2003. priority because the spoils seedlings. condition at some water stream area. development plan for is the most hopeful. development plan has been large-scale tourism. accepted. 2-3. Barka 11Barka Khawr Hafri 0.0 Filled up by flood in '95. Protected by sand Filled up Sandy soil at whole area no water in Impassible to plant. This is the Plan for park Agree to omit. (2Khawars) bank. khawr. land. 12 Khawr Haradi N23° 42'24.7" 0.0 Embanked saline swamp with Protected by sand Once in 4.8 Blackly and silty surface soil near Many goats are grazing. Impossible to plant, because of OK. E57° 55'17.6" limited inflow at HWS. bank. a while. surface water, sandy soil near beach and Garbages are dumped salt concentration and other area humic surface water. from the housing area. anaerobic mechanism in soil. 2-8. Seeb 13 Sib Wadi Buhayyis N23° 40'51.7" 0.0 Artificially reformed ponds Protected by sand ?? 0.2/inner Rock protection surounding khawrs. Municipal park area Impossible and no need. Agree to omit. E58° 11'35.8" with stone banks. bank. 1.3/seaside surrounded by houses. 14 Qurm Khawr Qurm ?? Generally normal, disturbed Calm in summer. Violent Decreared as nature No need to plant. This is the OK, we support. partially. flood reserve in 1975. most complicated forest in once in Oman due to the history of a while. flood run through. Good for studies and technical development. 1-5. Bandar 15 Bandar Bandar Khayran 83.0 Calm in summer. Once in Used as recreational spot OK, we support. Khairan Khayran a while. for camping and diving 1-7. Quriyat 16 Quryat Quryay (Quryiat) 80.0 No innundation after Protected by sand Once in 4.5 8.1 Strongly sedimented area in beach, sandy Development plan of The forest is suviving on hard Heavy damage by grazing. OK, but at lower priority. (Quryiat) embanked completely in '96, bank. a while. soil at seaside and high lands with shrimp cultivation Illegal an special condition difficult to Walking path for local surviving on rich ground water. aerobic condition, silty and organic dumping of construction improve. No need to plant at residents. Plan to surface soil around khawrs with wastes. present, but need to find out construct dumping yard anaerobic condition. regeneration technique for fro construction waster in future. Jan. Daghmar No need to study. 17 Dibab 0.0 Normal. Calm in summer. Once in Difficult and no need to plant. No need to study. a while. A Results of Quick Survey at 47 Sites (2/3) ppendix 1StudyAreaandField Survey Location Natural Conditions Social Condition Note and Comments Site Name No. of Mangrove Review and request by & Number Quick GPS Usage Pressure/Social Technical comment on forest Region Study Site (ha) Tidal Condition Wave/Wind Flood Salinity pH Soil Conditions Advice by JICA expert Omani side (DG, Nature on TOR Survey Positioning Impact and plantation Conservation) 18Sur Maqraymatayn 0.0 Normal tidal flats. Well protected and None 7.4/mud Sandy at Sukeikra area, more silty Possible. Difficulty varies Agree to omit. calm. 4.1/sand surface soil and salty soil condition at depending on the salinity and deeper khawrs. oxygen supply. 1-3. Sur 19 Qurm a'Skaykira 58.0 Normal. Well protected. Calm None 4.6/nurs. 8.5/nurs. Housing development is No need to plant. Forests are OK. (Sukeikra) in summer 4.2/Q-E planned. growing healthy. 20 Sukaykira 0.2 Normal tidal flats. Calm in summer, but Once in Area is development as Hopefull to plant. Wind may Plant to plant. OK. not necessarily well a while. recreational park. disturb growth in winter. protected. Landfill by local people for house construction. 21Ras Al Khawr Jaramah ?? Probably normal. No need to put high priority at Agree to omit. Hadd present. 2-1. Ras Al- 22 Khawr Quq 0.0 Normal tidal flat. Well protected None 3.9 8.2 Tourim development is Good for plantation, well OK, the best place to Hadd throughout the year. planned. protected from wind. plant. (Khawr Al- 23 Khawr Hajar 0.0 Normal tidal flats. Calm in summer, may None 3.6/sea 8.2/sea Sandy soil at whole khawr shallow soils Recreational use is Possible. Soil thickness above Plant to plant in Jan. ～ OK, we support. Hajar) 1) North Shore be harder in winter. 3.6-3.8/ 8.2-8.3/ at rocky surface areas.