Mangrove Restoration: An Overview of Coastal Afforestation in India

Thivakaran, G. A.

doi:10.1007/978-81-322-3715-0_26

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“…Mangrove rehabilitation and restoration projects are becoming increasingly common throughout Asia as the impacts of reduced mangrove cover on coastal fisheries and communities are felt (Biswas et al, 2009). These projects generally rely on one, or a mixture, of the following strategies: (1) transplantation of nursery-raised saplings, (2) raised bed methods, or (3) direct propagule planting (Melana et al, 2000; Thivakaran, 2017). Unfortunately, these plantation and restoration projects are often unsuccessful (Primavera and Esteban, 2008; Dale et al, 2014).…”

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Mangrove-Associated Fungal Communities Are Differentiated by Geographic Location and Host Structure

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Marine fungi on the whole remain understudied, especially in the highly diverse Southeast Asian region. We investigated the fungal communities associated with the mangrove tree Avicennia alba throughout Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. At each sampling location, we examined ten individual trees, collecting leaves, fruits, pneumatophores, and an adjacent sediment sample from each plant. Amplicon sequencing of the fungal internal transcribed spacer 1 and subsequent analyses reveal significant differences in fungal communities collected from different locations and host structures. Mantel tests and multiple regression on distance matrices show a significant pattern of distance decay with samples collected close to one another having more similar fungal communities than those farther away. Submergence appears to drive part of the variation as host structures that are never submerged (leaves and fruits) have more similar fungal communities relative to those that are covered by water during high tide (pneumatophores and sediment). We suggest that fungi of terrestrial origins dominate structures that are not inundated by tidal regimes, while marine fungi dominate mangrove parts and sediments that are submerged by the incoming tide. Given the critical functions fungi play in all plants, and the important role they can have in determining the success of restoration schemes, we advocate that fungal community composition should be a key consideration in any mangrove restoration or rehabilitation project.

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Mangrove-Associated Fungal Communities Are Differentiated by Geographic Location and Host Structure

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“…The villagers largely cooperated with this restriction hoping that the rules would change eventually once the plants were mature, and camel grazing would be possible thereafter (Srivastava and Mehta, 2017). Alternative grass plots were created for livestock grazing to reduce mangrove dependency that would aid in regeneration (Thivakaran et al, 2006). In our conversations, the Jats recognised the value of mangrove plantations but vehemently resented the covert control by the authorities who set rules of access, most importantly related to camel grazing.…”

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The social life of mangroves: Neoliberal development and mangrove conservation in the changing landscape of Kutch

Srivastava

Mehta

2021

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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This article explores the convergence of neoliberal development and mangrove conservation in marginal environments, which are becoming the new resource frontiers. We focus on Kutch, a border district in western India and highlight how the contested trajectories of accelerated and aggressive industrialisation and its convergence with state and corporate-led conservation programmes are shaping the social life of mangroves on the Kutchi coast. We focus on the discourses, practices and politics of value-making and un-making that constitute the multiple modalities of repair as mangroves are depleted and securitised simultaneously. Although these trends are augmenting capitalist accumulation on the coast, they are also giving rise to new kinds of alliances that seek to challenge the logic and practice of repair by highlighting the synergistic relationship of coastal communities with their mangrove habitats.

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“…South East Asian region is known as the largest mangrove restoration programme, primarily as a reactive measure to the habitat loss [30]. Similarly mangrove restoration is also being conducted in eastern Africa [31], South Asia [32] and North America [28].…”

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Marine ecosystem restoration and aquaculture-based stock enhancement for fishery resource conservation in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Yousif¹,

Menon²,

Sen³

2022

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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There is a necessity to protect and manage the marine ecosystem towards the conservation of the ecological equilibrium and in turn the sustainability of the fishery resources in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Marine stock enhancement (MSE) proved that releasing hatchery fingerlings of marine animals can improve the abundance of harvest beyond the level supported by natural recruitment. For such programme to be beneficial and economical, considerable investment and scientific efforts are required. Among the concerned entities in the United Arab Emirates, the Aquaculture and Marine Studies (AMSC) in Abu Al Abyad Island successfully released 59 million of juveniles of different finfish species and 96 million juveniles of prawn species in Abu Dhabi waters. In the context of conserving the ecological equilibrium, the AMSC was able to plant an area of 5,026 ha in various areas of Abu Dhabi Emirate with grey mangrove, Avicennia marina; culturing over 21,290 corals of Acropora sp., Porites sp., Cyphastrea sp and Psammocora sp. in an area of 0.5 ha nurseries in Abu Al Abyad and Yasat Islands which will later be transplanted in the degraded reef sites in both islands; and a well-established seagrass coverage of 2500 m2 was achieved in affected areas in Abu Al Abyad Island.

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Mangrove Restoration: An Overview of Coastal Afforestation in India

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Mangrove-Associated Fungal Communities Are Differentiated by Geographic Location and Host Structure

Mangrove-Associated Fungal Communities Are Differentiated by Geographic Location and Host Structure

The social life of mangroves: Neoliberal development and mangrove conservation in the changing landscape of Kutch

Marine ecosystem restoration and aquaculture-based stock enhancement for fishery resource conservation in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

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