Mangrove Ecologist  &  Blue Carbon Specialist

Guilherme Abuchahla

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My research follows the carbon that moves between mangroves and the land they meet, tracing how these coastal forests connect to the salt flats and savannahs behind them. Alongside it, I help turn that science into conservation, restoration, and blue carbon work on the ground.

PhD Ecology / ZMT Bremen
MENA · Brazil · Worldwide
Six languages
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Reading the carbon that moves between land and sea. A decade and a half across mangroves, salt flats, and the forests behind them, from doctoral research at ZMT Bremen to blue carbon project development under Verra and Gold Standard. I move between the science of how these systems connect and the practice of keeping them standing.

Selected work(01)
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Mangrove & coastal ecology research
Doctoral & research programs · ZMT Bremen, Biota/FAPESP, ReBentos
2003-25
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Conservation & restoration practice
Restoration & strategy · Palawan, Tamil Nadu, MENA region
2008-25
03
Blue carbon & carbon markets
Senior NbS Specialist · EcoSecurities · Verra & Gold Standard
2021-25
04
Environmental assessment, advisory & policy
EIA, stakeholder & policy advisory · UAE & Brazil
2011-now
05
Teaching, editing & science communication
Springer editor · university teaching · author & illustrator
2003-now
Field programs · Brazil · Senegal · India · Philippines
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Selected publications(02)
2023
Schaeffer-Novelli Y, Abuchahla GMO, Cintrón-Molero G (eds) Brazilian Mangroves and Salt Marshes. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13486-9
2021
Yando ES, … Abuchahla GMO, … Friess DA. Conceptualizing ecosystem degradation using mangrove forests as a model system. Biological Conservation. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109355
2020
Friess DA, Yando ES, Abuchahla GMO, et al. Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now. Current Biology. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.054
2020
Dahdouh-Guebas F, Hugé J, Abuchahla GMO, et al. Reconciling nature, people and policy in the mangrove social-ecological system. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106942
2018
Schaeffer-Novelli Y, … Abuchahla GMO, et al. The mangroves of Araçá Bay through time. Ocean & Coastal Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.12.024
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On stage(03)
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Proxies of ecological connectivity between mangroves and the terrestrial realm

MMM7, Mangrove, Macrobenthos & Management Meeting · Ishigaki, Japan · 2026

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Blue carbon project standards & mangrove restoration

EGU General Assembly · Vienna, Austria · 2026

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The mangrove to hinterland interface in coastal zone management

1st Int’l Mangrove Conservation & Restoration Conference · Abu Dhabi · 2024

Languages(04)
PortugueseEnglishGermanSpanishDutchFrenchItalian
Open to research/Blue carbon/Mangrove restoration/Coastal science/ Open to research/Blue carbon/Mangrove restoration/Coastal science/
Contact(05)
Let’s talk.
abuchahla@gmail.com