Impact of coastal development on mangrove cover in Kilim river, Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Saad, Shahbudin; Zuhairi, Ainna Hanis; Kamaruzzaman, B. Y.

doi:10.1007/s11676-011-0218-0

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“…Intense urbanisation along islands' beaches has been observed to cause higher coastal erosion rates (Silva et al 2009;Shahbudin et al 2012). Tourism also poses significant demands for energy and freshwater, which may impact on the sustainability of island ecosystems (Teh and Cabanban 2007;Samways et al 2008).…”

Section: Recreation and Eco-tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Island ecosystem services: insights from a literature review on case-study island ecosystem services and future prospects

Balzan

Potschin-Young

Haines-Young

2018

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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Small islands are of special interest for sustainable development because of their unique characteristics and vulnerabilities. They are ecologically fragile, have limited resources, are susceptible to natural disasters and climate change. This study reviews the literature on island ecosystems, their contribution in the delivery of five key Island Ecosystem Services (IES) and acting pressures and trade-offs associated with IES management. From a set of 1630 potential relevant papers, 273 were selected for analysis. Most of the selected papers focused on cultural IES, in the form of recreation, eco-tourism and gene pool protection. However, provisioning and regulating IES were also well represented in the literature. Most of the studies discussed different management strategies and pressures arising from human use of IES. A small subset investigated the links between island biodiversity and IES, and the contribution of IES to human well-being. This review highlights knowledge gaps in the literature and identifies the need to develop approaches for IES assessments that are informed by local knowledge and which make use of empirical and spatial data for management that maximises the potential of island ecosystems to deliver IES whilst reducing trade-offs.

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Section: Recreation and Eco-tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Island ecosystem services: insights from a literature review on case-study island ecosystem services and future prospects

Balzan

Potschin-Young

Haines-Young

2018

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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“…Adverse environmental impacts are common in mangrove ecotourism activities. For example, the mangroves in the Kilim Geopark in Malaysia have suffered loss due to infrastructure development and shoreline erosion due to increased boat speeds to ferry tourists between areas (Shahbudin et al ., ). Tourism operators may also cause environmental degradation due to negative practices to try and attract wildlife, or by not following boat speed limits (Thompson et al ., ).…”

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confidence: 97%

Drivers of mangrove ecosystem service change in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

Islam

Sunny

Hossain

et al. 2018

Singap J Trop Geogr

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Mangroves are now well known to provide a range of ecosystem services that benefit local populations, though such ecosystem services are at risk from mangrove deforestation and degradation across much of the tropics. This study aimed to identify the natural and anthropogenic drivers of change that affect ecosystem services of the Sundarbans mangrove forest. Secondary data analysis and primary fieldwork were conducted in three districts in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh to understand ecosystem service usage and the perceptions of local resource users. Time series data for a range of ecosystem services and biophysical, socio‐economic variables were analyzed to identify the range of trends and the significant drivers of change. Also, community perceptions were consulted to elicit how these changes are felt and how they affected the local ecosystem services users. Results show that most of the ecosystem services of the Sundarbans experienced negative changes over the last two decades. Time series analysis and community perceptions held a number of drivers responsible for these changes. Climatic change, rapid environmental change, demand for mangrove products on the global market, major infrastructure development and governance failure were identified as primary drivers leading to the degradation of ecosystem services of the Sundarbans. The study calls for a transformation in the stewardship of ecosystem services of the Sundarbans and other mangroves across the tropics, to escape the situation where negative environmental impacts might be difficult to reverse.

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“…The mangrove areas were cleared to give space for these developments such as human settlements, aquaculture farms, commercial and private properties. As mentioned by a previous researcher, mangrove forest is valuable economically and the degradation of mangrove forest mainly caused by the development in coastal area [7]. The land by the river is reported has low value and affordable thus attract the developer to develop within the area and lead to severe destruction to mangrove forest [8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping Mangrove Degradation in Pahang River Estuary, Pekan Pahang by Using Remote Sensing

Zuhairi¹,

Zaleha²,

Suhaila³

et al. 2019

Sci. herit. j.

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This study examined the mangrove degradation in Pahang River Estuary, Pekan sub-district, Pahang between 1990 and 2017 using supervised classification. Landsat 8 OLI and Landsat 5 TM images of Pahang River Estuary have been analyzed using supervised classification and field survey. Based on the accuracy assessment, the confusion matrix for supervised classifications ranged from 77% to 81%. Kappa coefficient (K) for supervised classification ranged between the value of 0.67 and 0.72. The total mangrove covers in 2017 was 1,535.40 ha, decreased by 43.7% or 670.80 ha from its total area of 2,206.20 ha in 1990. The expansion of development area was observed in the past 27 years. Several other causes of mangrove degradation were identified during field survey, including sand mining activities along riverbank, mangrove clearing for aquaculture and agriculture. The rapid development within the coastal area and estuary had suppressed the mangroves propagation over the years. Long term monitoring of mangrove distribution is crucial to ensure the sustainability of the mangrove ecosystem.

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Impact of coastal development on mangrove cover in Kilim river, Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Cited by 36 publications

References 12 publications

Island ecosystem services: insights from a literature review on case-study island ecosystem services and future prospects

Island ecosystem services: insights from a literature review on case-study island ecosystem services and future prospects

Drivers of mangrove ecosystem service change in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

Mapping Mangrove Degradation in Pahang River Estuary, Pekan Pahang by Using Remote Sensing

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