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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"mangrove ecosystem"”.
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Mangrove ecosystem dynamics and clearance impacts
Despite rapid declines in global mangrove ecosystem area, temperate mangrove ecosystems in New Zealand have increased in area in recent decades. Mangrove clearance is increasingly being used as a strategy to manage this expansion. One of the aims of mangrove clearance is to return sandflat habitats …
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Evaluation of Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration Success in Southeast Asia
… recently to offset the rapid degradation of mangrove ecosystem worldwide, especially in Southeast Asia where the largest area of mangrove ecosystem can be found. Two primary approaches used for mangrove ecosystem restoration include the plantation approach and the ecological mangrove …
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Knowing and Caring for the Mangrove Ecosystem: The epistemic life of a sustainable development NGO in the Saloum Delta (Senegal)
… composed of rivers, islands, wetlands, and mangrove forests, is facing increasing environmental precarity. In response, a plethora of actors (state conservation agencies, international organisations, local associations, and non-governmental organisations) are undertaking multitudinous …
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Is The Exotic Brazilian Pepper, Schinus Terebinthifolius, A Threat To Mangrove Ecosystems In Florida?
Mangrove ecosystems are critical to Florida, providing economic resources to humans, and untold ecological resources to estuarine organisms. In Florida's estuaries, mangrove ecosystems have suffered significant losses due to natural and human disturbances; these disturbances potentially leave …
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Understanding changes in mangrove forests and the implications to community livelihood and resource management in Kenya
Mangrove forests support the livelihoods of many coastal communities in developing countries. Mangrove forests around the world are being lost due to a combination of human and natural pressures. There is an intricate relationship between resource use and degradation and resource-dependent …
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Biochemistry of micro-polutants in sediments of Mtoni estuary, Tanzania
… current status, and predict the future status of mangrove ecosystem in relation to changing human activities in the coastal areas and its environment in Tanzania, mangrove sediments from the Mtoni estuary were analysed for elemental (C, N) and isotopic (δ13C, δ15N) signatures to establish the role …
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Carbon Sequestration in Tidal Salt Marshes and Mangrove Ecosystems
… carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, these ecosystems maintain high performance in offsetting significant amounts of atmospheric carbon. This paper investigated the carbon sequestration capacity of coastal wetland ecosystems summarizing the environmental conditions and factors associated …