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On the Panamanian Pacific slope there are around 170 000 hectares of mangrove forest, of which mangroves occupy 25 % of the existing surface. The purpose of the work was the rehabilitation of 33 hectares in the floodable mangrove forest in which the location of the polygon was determined, which was geo-referenced for the design of a cartographic map. This restoration was carried out with the Pelliciera rhizophorae species produced in the nursery. The site selected for the restoration was invaded by the fern Acrostichum aureum which was previously cut with a machete and then proceeded to the restoration with 20 592 seedlings in the period of June 2013. The following year, 18 randomly distributed monitoring plots were established within the 33-hectare polygon. From 2014 to 2017 900 Pelliciera trees were measured. The average height reached by the trees was 205,1 cm and there was 1,7% mortality. The Acrostichum was controlled as the piñuelo mangrove seedlings grew for 4 years and the results during the five years is that the ecological balance of the mangrove ecosystem could be stabilized.