ForestsClimatologyGlobal warmingPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to emphasise mangrove reforestation as a countermeasure for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Godavari Delta in India. Design/methodology/approach – Restoration of the mangrove forest in the Godavari Delta near Kakinada...
Mangroves Mangroves are an important part of the natural ecosystem and a fascinating place to travel to. Be it the vast Amazon forests or Pantanals in Brazil, or Sundarbans in India, or parts of Okavango delta in Botswana, boating along each of these mangrove forests is a life changing ...
and by recreational means, utilize mangrove habitat at some point in their life cycle. Amphipods, fiddler crabs, killifish and minnows live in mangroves and eat detritus. Lobster larvae floating in the plankton, migrate to the roots of red mangroves. They consume...
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which accounts for nearly 9.5% of the total mangrove vegetation in India is the least disturbed and the best preserved in India. Due to its remoteness and low anthropogenic pressure the virgin mangrove forests are still prevalent Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Rural ...
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So protecting mangroves may well b e lik e protecting fiv e to ten times mor e of other forests.Ten years ago, in South India, many peopl e cam e together to chang e th e futur e of their home. In less than 10 years, with international support, th e stat e forest departments ...
untold damage—particularly to mangroves. These swampy coastal forests are important nurseries for many species of fish, and protect the low-lying land behind them from stormy seas. Often mangroves are felled to make way for shrimp ponds, many of which are ...
Coastal flood risks are rising rapidly. We provide high resolution estimates of the economic value of mangroves forests for flood risk reduction every 20 km worldwide. We develop a probabilistic, process-based valuation of the effects of mangroves on
The current location and status of mangrove forests in the affectedarea are described using the methodology which is also being applied inother sites around the world.doi:10.1023/A:1011169025815F. BlascoM. AizpuruC. GersspWetlands Ecology & Management...
One study estimates that, during the 1999 cyclone that struck Orissa, India, there would have been 1.72 additional deaths per village within 10 km of the coast if mangroves had been absent17. An analysis for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami finds that mangroves, forests and plantations situated ...