Although successful in protecting planted mangrove plants, the effectiveness of emergent detached offshore structures in increasing vegetation cover has yet to be definitively determined. We selected Tien Giang Province, Vietnam as an appropriate case study to address this question. We analyzed multiyear (2000 and 2022) shoreline changes and calculated the enhanced vegetation index (EVI) together with ground truthing in pursuit of the objectives of the study. Our findings suggest that emergent detached offshore structures have yet to lead to an increase in vegetation cover or promote mangrove growth. The vegetation growth steadily increased, as did the high level of natural mangrove growth with fully grown mangrove trees, even before the structures were constructed. By 2015, all the categories increased slightly except for low vegetation cover (LVC) and medium vegetation cover (MVC). LVC decreased from 390 ha in 2010 to 291 ha in 2015, while MVC decreased from 305 ha in 2010 to 275 ha in 2015. By 2020, all the categories decreased slightly except for non-vegetation cover-Barren lands (NVC2) and MVC. NVC2 decreased slightly from 404 ha in 2015 to 368 ha in 2015. The MVC decreased slightly from 275 ha in 2015 to 212 ha in 2020. Non-vegetation cover-Intertidal mudflats (NVC1)-LVC, and high vegetation cover (HVC) increased slightly from 2015 (326 ha, 291 ha, and 249 ha, respectively) to 2020 (368 ha, 292 ha, and 298 ha, respectively). By 2022, NVC2, MVC, and HVC remained unchanged, while NVC1 and LVC increased slightly from 368 ha and 292 ha in 2015, respectively, to 380 ha and 302 ha, respectively. The increase in vegetation cover and the natural regeneration of mangrove species were partly due to the adaptation of mangrove species to the site (river mouth areas), particularly the protection provided by Ngang Island offshore, and the construction of these structures. In addition, these structures were constructed in a rather stable area (slightly eroded and estuarine area) and therefore have yet to provide any noticeable benefits for mangrove regeneration three to five years after their construction. In the future, the morpho dynamic and hydrodynamic elements of the site should be adequately considered during the design and construction of these structures to increase vegetation cover and promote natural mangrove regeneration.
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