Mangrove Forests: Ecology, Management, and Threats

Biswas, Prity L.; Biswas, Shekhar R.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71065-5_26-1

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“…Mangroves are defined as a community of woody plants that grow in intertidal areas between terrestrial and marine ecosystems and are resistant to high salinity levels (Biswas et al 2012;Biswas and Biswas 2019). The plant community of mangroves forms vegetation called a mangrove forest.…”

Section: Mangrove Forest Ecosystemmentioning

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Review: Causes and impacts of anthropogenic activities on mangrove deforestation and degradation in Indonesia

CAHYANINGSIH

Deanova

Pristiawati

et al. 2022

Intl J Bonorowo Wetlands

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Abstract. Cahyaningsih AP, Deanova AK, Pristiawati CM, Ulumuddin YI, Kusumawati L, Setyawan AD. 2022. Review: Causes and impacts of anthropogenic activities on mangrove deforestation and degradation in Indonesia. Intl J Bonorowo Wetlands 12: 12-22. Indonesia is a country with the largest extent of mangroves in the world. However, as the human population increases, the extent and quality of the mangroves decrease. The increasing population is in line with the increase in human activities, leading to deforestation and degradation of the mangrove forests. This paper aimed to review anthropogenic activities that cause mangrove deforestation and degradation in Indonesia and the impacts of such anthropogenic activities on the mangrove ecosystems and formulate the efforts to overcome mangrove deforestation and degradation in the country. Various human activities are the primary drivers of deforestation and degradation of mangroves, including land conversion from mangrove forests into other land uses (e.g., agricultural lands, ponds, infrastructure developments, and human settlements), extractive activities (e.g., mining and logging), and household and industrial activities (e.g., plastic debris, heavy metals pollutants). These anthropogenic factors reduce mangrove forest area, changes in mangrove composition, uneven species abundance, and pollution. Combined with sea-level rise caused by global climate changes, such activities pose devastating threats to Indonesian mangroves. Efforts to overcome these problems include increasing awareness of communities regarding mangrove conservation, conducting mangrove restoration programs, and promoting sustainable management of mangrove, for example, through ecotourism. On top of that, community participation plays an essential role in Indonesia's sustainable management and conservation of mangrove forests.

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Section: Mangrove Forest Ecosystemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review: Causes and impacts of anthropogenic activities on mangrove deforestation and degradation in Indonesia

CAHYANINGSIH

Deanova

Pristiawati

et al. 2022

Intl J Bonorowo Wetlands

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“…Mangroves may play a special role as nursery habitat for juveniles of fish whose adults occupy other habitats (e.g., coral reefs and sea grass beds). The majority of them have medicinal and commercial importance (Biswas & Biswas, 2019). They form a rich source of the wide range of bioactive compounds and natural products, which could be effective factors in reduction and stabilization of metal ions during the manufacture of nanoparticles.…”

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Detection of green synthesized silver nanoparticles and their antagonistic effect on fish larvae pathogenic bacteria

Abogabal¹,

Ibrahim²,

El-Regal³

et al. 2021

Egypt. J. of Aquatic Biolo. and Fish.

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“…Additionally, mangroves stabilise coastlines by protecting from natural hazards, especially cyclones [1,3,9]. Similar to many other tropical ecosystems, mangrove forests are under intense pressure from natural and anthropogenic factors [1,[10][11][12]. Large areas of mangrove forests have already been lost worldwide, and the trend is continuing, if not accelerating [1,5].…”

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Annual Mangrove Vegetation Cover Changes (2014–2020) in Indian Sundarbans National Park Using Landsat 8 and Google Earth Engine

2023

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Mangrove ecosystems have high ecological and economic value mainly because of their ability to sequester large amounts of carbon and protect shorelines. Monitoring such ecosystems with earth observation data analytics is necessary to achieve deeper insight and subsequent conservation strategies. The Sundarbans is the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest, and Sundarbans National Park is a part of this world-famous mangrove forest in India. To examine vegetation change in this region, we used a planetary-scale tool, the Google Earth Engine. A time series of the surface reflectance product of Landsat 8 between 2014 and 2020 was analysed using annual median images. NDVI and dNDVI were derived to monitor vegetation cover change. While we noticed no major changes in the vegetation cover throughout the study area, the coastal regions, especially the southern end, showed significant changes. There were both mangrove vegetation gains due to land accretion and mangrove loss due to erosion and cyclone damage. This study will be useful for long-term monitoring of the imperiled Sundarbans ecosystem to measure any major changes.

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Mangrove Forests: Ecology, Management, and Threats

Cited by 22 publications

References 64 publications

Review: Causes and impacts of anthropogenic activities on mangrove deforestation and degradation in Indonesia

Review: Causes and impacts of anthropogenic activities on mangrove deforestation and degradation in Indonesia

Detection of green synthesized silver nanoparticles and their antagonistic effect on fish larvae pathogenic bacteria

Annual Mangrove Vegetation Cover Changes (2014–2020) in Indian Sundarbans National Park Using Landsat 8 and Google Earth Engine

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