Managing mangrove forest in Bintan Island: socio-economic benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation

Abstract

In Climate Change mitigation, mangroves have an important role as one of the most effective and economic methods of offsetting carbon emissions and protecting shoreline erosion. Mangroves in Indonesia have a total area of 2.9 million hectares, 52 thousand hectares of them disappear every year and aquaculture is responsible for 40 percent. In contrast, with the level of mangroves damage threats is high, the level of sustainable ecosystem awareness is low. In accordance with previous studies, mangroves forests in Bintan Island have been cut down to supply combustion and ended up into charcoal. However, it can be minimized by enabling the local communities to avail themselves of carbon offset/conservation payments under approved climate change mitigation strategic-plans. The law enforcement of Law no 32 Year 2009 and the PERDA No. 14/2007 about neighboring Bintan Island Regional Coastal Planning were designed to support the Mangroves Conservation in Bintan Island. This paper aimed to examine mangrove ecosystem management through the collection of data and information on the socio‐economic in 8 potential villages in Bintan; Busung, Kuala Sempang, Penaga, Pengujan, Bintan Buyu, Tembeling, Mantang Baru and Sebong Lagoi. This study found Busung, Kuala Sempang, Penaga and Pengujan as 4 potential Villages to be seriously developed and recommends the government to gain more partnerships in arranging and solving mangroves conservation problems.

Overtaking Marine Pollution Issues for Sustainable Eco-Tourism in Mapur Island

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Mitigation and adaptation to climate change through sustainable mangrove management on the coast of Rembang Regency

“…Mitigation is a human intervention to reduce other sources of substances that directly or indirectly contribute to limiting climate change, including, for example, reducing very small emissions can directly change the radiation balance (for example, carbon) or actions that control emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants may change in tropospheric ozone concentrations indirectly affect climate [30]. Mangrove ecosystems have an important role as an effective and economical way to offset carbon emissions and protect shoreline erosion [31]. Mangrove ecosystems have the same function as other forest ecosystems, namely being able to absorb carbon which is one of the mitigation actions against climate change, where mangroves can absorb higher carbon and can store carbon for up to millions of years more than the ability of tropical forests on land [32] Every plant needs carbon dioxide (CO2) in the process of photosynthesis which is taken from the air in the atmosphere.…”

Agricultural innovation to increase climate change resilience in Tapin Regency

“…In order to realize food security [7] in the future, it is urged to create health environment along with the economic development. Various problems and challenges that need to be anticipated include [8] Population growth; the main food consumption is still dominated by rice; food diversification has not been implemented optimally; high competition/transfer of land use functions; decreased capacity and quality of natural resources due to massive exploitation [9]; and, the impact of climate change resulting in a decrease in food production [10].…”