The Mangrove Forest of Quirimbas National Park Reveals High Carbon Stock Than Previously Estimated in Southern Africa

Bacar, Focas Francisco; Lisboa, Sá Nogueira; Sitoe, Almeida

doi:10.1007/s13157-023-01707-1

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“…Forests 2024, 15,256 The remotely sensed vegetation indices were used to estimate forest carbon using regression analysis. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was first computed by applying the data from high-spatial-resolution satellite imagery downloaded from NASA (Table 1), covering the study period.…”

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“…Living plants, through photosynthetic processes, transform CO 2 to biomass by dissipating the carbon in the atmosphere and reserving it in the plant tissues and soils [12,13]. In agricultural or forest ecosystems, the generated biomass is specifically stocked as aboveground biomass (AGB), belowground biomass (BGB), dead wood, litter, and soil organic matter [14][15][16]. Forest plants and forest ecosystems including soils are key carbon sinks and sources [17][18][19][20][21] and have significant impacts on the realization of many sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 6, SDG 7, SDG 11, SDG 12, SDG 13, and SDG 15 [22].…”

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The Dynamics and Potential of Carbon Stocks as an Indicator of Sustainable Development for Forest Bioeconomy in Ghana

Nyarko,

Nwaogu,

Diagi

et al. 2024

Forests

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Sustainable forest bioeconomy (SFB), as a multidimensional approach for establishing mutual benefits between forest ecosystems, the environment, the economy, and humans, is a nature-based solution for a promising future. The study aims to evaluate the potential of carbon stocks (Cstocks) and variability for SFB. It is hypothesized that the decrease in Cstocks is related to an increase in population and agriculture, which caused a decrease in forest area and growing stock and consequently affected SFB. Primary and secondary data were collected from the field, national, and international databases, and analyzed using some statistical and geospatial software packages including IBM SPSS 29.0, CANOCO 5.0, and ArcGIS 10.5. The results revealed that large forest areas were converted to arable lands between 2000 and 2020. Across the forest zones, the aboveground and belowground Cstocks varied significantly, with the aboveground biomass being higher than the belowground biomass. The main drivers of Cstocks were politics and governance (57%), population growth (50%), soil degradation practices (50%), and socio-cultural beliefs (45%). Cstocks had significant negative correlation with population growth, carbon emissions, forest growing stock, forest loss, and the use of forest for biofuel. Evergreen forest zones (rainforest and moist) had more Cstocks than the moist deciduous and swamp/mangrove forests. The study demonstrated that the variability in Cstocks over the last three decades is attributed to an increase in population and agriculture, but Cstocks variability between the forest-vegetation belts could be better explained by differences in trees abundance than population. The study also revealed that the increase in Cstocks contributed to the realization of many SDGs, especially SDG 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 15, which in turn support a sustainable forest bioeconomy. Future study is necessary to evaluate Cstocks in individual tree species, biodiversity, and other forest ecosystem services to promote SFB in the country.

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The Dynamics and Potential of Carbon Stocks as an Indicator of Sustainable Development for Forest Bioeconomy in Ghana

Nyarko,

Nwaogu,

Diagi

et al. 2024

Forests

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“…Mangroves are vital intertidal ecosystems renowned for their high biological productivity, serving as primary feeding and breeding grounds for a diverse array of organisms (Arceo-Carranza et al 2021; Das et al 2022;Bacar et al 2023). These ecosystems are highly susceptible to microplastic (MP) accumulation due to their distinct geography, high primary productivity, complex hydrodynamic and topographical factors.…”

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Characterisation of microplastics in an isolated mangrove island using multiple ecosystem components including brachyuran crabs

Sivan,

M.S,

K.P

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Mangroves serving as interfaces between land and sea, function as significant filtration and interception systems for environmental microplastics (MPs). The structural complexity of mangrove roots enhances their trapping potential, making them prospective sinks for plastics. MPs have a strong affinity for mangrove leaves due to their lipophilic surface, temporarily accumulating MPs from both air and water. Brachyuran crabs, the core processors of mangrove litter can ingest MPs bound to leaves, potentially transferring them through the food chain to apex predators. Currently, studies from isolated mangrove islands are lacking. So, we conducted a holistic study examining MPs within multiple ecosystem components of an isolated mangrove island including water, sediment, leaves, stilt root and fallen leaves of mangrove as well as body parts of three species of mangrove crabs along southwest coast of India. Scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy was carried out to confirm the suspected MPs in root and leaf. MPs were detected in water, sediment, fallen leaves and crabs. Abundance of MPs in water and sediment was 5.42 ± 0.2 particles/L and 400 ± 86 particles/Kg respectively, with the size range > 350 µ. Fallen leaves showed an abundance of 0.062 ± 0.054 particles/cm2. A higher abundance of MPs was observed in the gastro-intestinal tract of mangrove crabs. Fibre was the dominant morphotype in all components, revealing trophic transfer from water and sediment to crabs via fallen leaves and direct ingestion. The findings indicate that even isolated mangrove islands serve as repositories for MPs, affecting the mangrove food chain.

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Forest holds high rodent diversity than other habitats under a rapidly changing and fragmenting landscape in Quirimbas National Park, Mozambique

Bacar,

Faque

2024

Ecological Frontiers

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The Mangrove Forest of Quirimbas National Park Reveals High Carbon Stock Than Previously Estimated in Southern Africa

Cited by 4 publications

References 46 publications

The Dynamics and Potential of Carbon Stocks as an Indicator of Sustainable Development for Forest Bioeconomy in Ghana

The Dynamics and Potential of Carbon Stocks as an Indicator of Sustainable Development for Forest Bioeconomy in Ghana

Characterisation of microplastics in an isolated mangrove island using multiple ecosystem components including brachyuran crabs

Forest holds high rodent diversity than other habitats under a rapidly changing and fragmenting landscape in Quirimbas National Park, Mozambique

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