Development-aligned mangrove conservation strategy for enhanced blue economy: A successful model from Gujarat, India

Shah, Hardik; Ramesh, R

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107929

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“…Mangrove loss can result in natural calamities like coastal erosion (Goldberg et al 2020). Additionally, the loss of mangroves is the first step in the degradation of biodiversity, both in terms of quality and quantity, which substantially impacts coastal economies (Shah and Ramesh 2022). Mangrove degradation results in the loss of a significant ecological niche where fish, marine animals, and migratory species can feed, reproduce, and hatch.…”

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Mangrove forest utilization policies reconceptualized with a view to improving the regional economy in Aceh Tamiang District, Indonesia

2023

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Abstract. Natsir M, Ulya Z, Fitriani R. 2022. Mangrove forest utilization policies reconceptualized with a view to improving the regional economy in Aceh Tamiang District, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 23: 6570-6578. One of the Aceh's (Indonesia) districts with mangrove forests is Aceh Tamiang District. Manyak Payeud, Bendahara, Seureuwey, and Banda Mulia are the four sub-district in the Aceh Tamiang region that have the most potential tourist sites. However, due to the widespread illegal logging of mangroves carried out by the community to suit their daily requirements, the preservation of mangrove forests in the four sub-districts above is seriously damaged. As a result of illegal logging, mangroves are becoming less common in Aceh Tamiang District. Therefore, a unique policy, which can incorporate both community needs and economic development, is needed to manage the mangroves of Aceh Taminga District. The expectation is that mangrove management will enable Aceh Tamiang District to develop tourist attractions in this study. The normative juridical research methodology with SWOT analysis was applied in this study to understand the potential of mangrove management in improving the regional Economy in Aceh Tamiang District. The findings of this study are based on a SWOT analysis of four subdistricts in Aceh Tamiang District. The result suggests that the notion of forestry policy can support both local community interests and regional economic development. Additionally, it can be carried out through the Village Qanun to raise community awareness of the need to maintain and manage mangroves to enable the implementation of regional plans. To harmonize the understanding of the significance of mangroves as one of the regional tourist destinations, institutional coordination between the Aceh Tamiang district government and the provincial and central governments can also be used to realize the development of Aceh Tamiang tourism policies.

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Mangrove forest utilization policies reconceptualized with a view to improving the regional economy in Aceh Tamiang District, Indonesia

2023

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“…These afforested mangroves are still flourishing even after 40 years and proved to be equivalent to natural mangroves in aboveground biomass/ecosystem services, nevertheless lagging in species richness and biodiversity 20 . In India, in the state of Gujarat, similar initiatives are being effectively implemented by the Gujarat Forest Department (GFD) under which approximately 50,000 ha of mangroves in coastal areas and islands of the state were planted with Avicennia marina , during 1983–1984 to 2007–2008, leading to very high success rate of survival and establishment 21 .…”

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Ecological restoration at pilot-scale employing site-specific rationales for small-patch degraded mangroves in Indian Sundarbans

Ray,

Basak,

Giri

et al. 2024

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To date, degraded mangrove ecosystem restoration accomplished worldwide primarily aligns towards rehabilitation with monotypic plantations, while ecological restoration principles are rarely followed in these interventions. However, researchers admit that most of these initiatives' success rate is not appreciable often. An integrative framework of ecological restoration for degraded mangroves where site-specific observations could be scientifically rationalized, with co-located reference pristine mangroves as the target ecosystem to achieve is currently distinctively lacking. Through this experimental scale study, we studied the suitability of site-specific strategies to ecologically restore degraded mangrove patches vis-à-vis the conventional mono-species plantations in a highly vulnerable mangrove ecosystem in Indian Sundarbans. This comprehensive restoration framework was trialed in small discrete degraded mangrove patches spanning ~ 65 ha. Site-specific key restoration components applied are statistically validated through RDA analyses and Bayesian t-tests. 25 quantifiable metrics evaluate the restoration success of a ~ 3 ha degraded mangrove patch with Ridgeline distribution, Kolmogorov–Smirnov (K-S) tests, and Mahalanobis Distance (D2) measure to prove the site’s near-equivalence to pristine reference in multiple ecosystem attributes. This restoration intervention irrevocably establishes the greater potential of this framework in the recovery of ecosystem functions and self-sustenance compared to that of predominant monoculture practices for vulnerable mangroves.

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“…Successful examples of mangrove conservation and restoration in Asia emphasize the need for multi-stakeholder participation, noting that most successful efforts were based on community-based mangrove management (CBMM) such as those in India [54], Thailand [55] and Indonesia [56]. In Kenya, CBMM is recognized in the 2010 constitution and in the Forest Conservation and Management Act 2016, which allows for the participatory forest management approach geared to promote co-management of forest resources with Kenya Forest Services.…”

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Changes in Mangrove Cover and Exposure to Coastal Hazards in Kenya

Hamza

Esteves

Cvitanović

2022

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Mangroves are effective carbon sinks, support coastal fisheries and provide wood and non-wood resources to coastal communities. They are threatened by natural and human-induced stresses including over-exploitation, conversion pressures, pollution and climate change. Understanding changes in this important ecosystem is essential to inform the sustainable management of mangroves and assess the implications related to the loss of ecosystem services. This study used global remote sensing mangrove forest data to quantify changes in mangrove cover in Kenya between 2010 and 2016 and applied the InVEST coastal vulnerability model to assess the implications concerning the provision of natural coastal protection services in Kenya. The results indicate that the annual rates of mangrove cover loss in Kenya were 0.15% between 2010 and 2016. Currently, 16% of the Kenyan coastline is at higher levels of exposure to coastal hazards but this could increase to 41% if coastal ecosystems (mangroves, corals and seagrasses) are lost. The study further identified that higher rates of mangrove loss are observed in areas at higher risk of exposure in the southern and northern counties of Kwale and Lamu, where monitoring and management efforts should be prioritized.

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Development-aligned mangrove conservation strategy for enhanced blue economy: A successful model from Gujarat, India

Cited by 11 publications

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Mangrove forest utilization policies reconceptualized with a view to improving the regional economy in Aceh Tamiang District, Indonesia

Mangrove forest utilization policies reconceptualized with a view to improving the regional economy in Aceh Tamiang District, Indonesia

Ecological restoration at pilot-scale employing site-specific rationales for small-patch degraded mangroves in Indian Sundarbans

Changes in Mangrove Cover and Exposure to Coastal Hazards in Kenya

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