The Importance of Mangroves: Ecological Perspectives and Socio-Economic Values

Aksornkoae, Sanit; Tokrisna, Ruangrai; Sugunnasil, Wattana; Sathirathai, Suthawan

doi:10.4337/9781843769668.00008

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“…The main cause of mangrove loss in Thailand was shrimp farming (64%) (Aksornkoae et al, 1993) and the total area of shrimp farms abandoned after intensive shrimp cultivation is between 24,000 and 32,000 ha (Aksornkoae et al, 2004). Gradually, however, the importance of mangroves has been recognized, and the government of Thailand prohibits mangrove tree felling except on private land.…”

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Simplified life cycle sustainability assessment of mangrove management: a case of plantation on wastelands in Thailand

Moriizumi

Matsui²,

Hondo

2010

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Simplified life cycle sustainability assessment of mangrove management: a case of plantation on wastelands in Thailand

Moriizumi

Matsui²,

Hondo

2010

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…The potential of mangals as a source of foreign income to tropical, populous countries through uses such as prawn farming presents a real challenge to mangrove conservation. More than half of the 367 900 ha of mangroves present in Thailand in 1961 has already been converted to prawn farms or various other uses by 1989 (Aksornkoae 1993). Mangals in many other tropical countries also face the same rate of destruction, e.g.…”

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Tropical mangrove ecology: Physical and biotic factors influencing ecosystem structure and function

Lee

1999

Australian Journal of Ecology

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Our understanding of the ecology of tropical mangals has strong practical implications for the management and conservation of these threatened ecosystems. Earlier models of tropical mangals proposed overwhelming influences by physical forces and processes such as the tidal regime or geomorphology on ecosystem structure and function. Recent findings from especially the Indo-Pacific mangals suggest also considerable influence from biotic agents and processes such as sesarmine crab feeding and bioturbation activities in shaping the ecology of tropical mangals. I argue that more research attention should be paid to the study of the interplay between physical and biotic influences in the ecology of tropical mangals. Examples in litter dynamics and community determination are given to illustrate how biotic influences may respond to changes in the physical setting of mangals. This necessitates an approach integrating the two sources of influences. Despite decades of increased research effort, answers to many fundamental questions concerning practical management issues of tropical mangals are still largely unavailable. The often-acclaimed functions and values of tropical mangals also have to be critically assessed in the light of existing and future data. It is proposed that research effort should also be targeted towards the assessment and mitigation of the predicted impacts of urgent problems faced by tropical mangals (e.g. conversion to aquaculture ponds, pollution) in order to secure their long-term conservation and wise management.

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“…Population growth has increased the demand for provisioning services from mangroves such as food (all countries) and wood for fuel and construction-particularly Vietnam (as in Malaysia and Thailand, see [35]) and Zanzibar [36,37])-and regulating services such as waste decomposition-particularly Brazil [38,39]). At the same time, the changing political, economic, and technical processes that have shaped each country's economy have also had consequences for mangrove SESs.…”

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Unpacking Changes in Mangrove Social-Ecological Systems: Lessons from Brazil, Zanzibar, and Vietnam

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Abstract:Mangroves provide multiple benefits, from carbon storage and shoreline protection to food and energy for natural resource-dependent coastal communities. However, they are coming under increasing pressure from climate change, coastal development, and aquaculture. There is increasing need to better understand the changes mangroves face and whether these changes differ or are similar in different parts of the world. Using a multiple case study approach, focused on Vietnam, Zanzibar, and Brazil, this research analyzed the drivers, pressures, states, impacts, and responses (DPSIR) of mangrove systems. A qualitative content analysis was used on a purposively sampled document set for each country to identify and collate evidence under each of the DPSIR categories. Population growth and changing political and economic processes were key drivers across the three countries, leading to land use change and declining states of mangroves. This had an impact on the delivery of regulatory and provisioning ecosystem services from mangroves and on the welfare of coastal communities. Responses have been predominantly regulatory and aim to improve mangrove states, but without always considering ecosystem services or the consequences for welfare. The issue of scale emerged as a critical factor with drivers, pressures, impacts, and responses operating at different levels (from international to local), with consequences for response effectiveness.

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The Importance of Mangroves: Ecological Perspectives and Socio-Economic Values

Cited by 6 publications

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Simplified life cycle sustainability assessment of mangrove management: a case of plantation on wastelands in Thailand

Simplified life cycle sustainability assessment of mangrove management: a case of plantation on wastelands in Thailand

Tropical mangrove ecology: Physical and biotic factors influencing ecosystem structure and function

Unpacking Changes in Mangrove Social-Ecological Systems: Lessons from Brazil, Zanzibar, and Vietnam

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