Global Mangrove Extent Much Smaller than Previously Estimated - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Services (GEAS) - October 2010

United Nations Environment Programme

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatial	Global
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:08:26Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:08:26Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8813
dc.description	As confirmed by the impacts of the December 2004 Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 intact mangroves help stabilize shorelines and thus protect lives and property from such natural disasters. They also provide other ecosystem services such as breeding and nursing grounds for marine species and sources of food medicine fuel and building materials for local communities. In addition living mangroves store carbon keeping it out of the atmosphere. It is possible that mangroves and the soils they grow in could sequester about 22.8 million metric tonnes of carbon each year. Mangrove forests occur between the sea and land and are thought to cover about a quarter of the world's tropical and subtropical intertidal zones mostly between 5° N and 5° S latitude. Research reveals that the forests have been declining at an alarming rate however' perhaps even faster than inland tropical forests' and much of what is left is degraded.
dc.language	English
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	mangrove
dc.subject	mangrove swamp
dc.subject	aquatic plant
dc.subject	degradation of natural resources
dc.subject	climate change
dc.subject	natural disaster
dc.subject	environmental impact assessment
dc.subject	disaster
dc.subject	disaster contingency plan
dc.subject	disaster control service
dc.subject	disaster preparedness
dc.subject	disaster prevention natural hazard
dc.subject	coast protection
dc.subject	coastal area
dc.subject	coastal ecosystem
dc.subject	coastal environment
dc.subject	coastal pollution
dc.subject	coastal water
dc.subject	marine conservation area
dc.subject	marine ecosystem
dc.subject	marine fauna
dc.subject	marine pollution
dc.subject	land-based marine pollution
dc.subject	sea resource
dc.subject	sea water protection
dc.subject	climate change mitigation
dc.subject	environmental change
dc.subject.classification	Climate Change
dc.title	Global Mangrove Extent Much Smaller than Previously Estimated - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Services (GEAS) - October 2010
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets
wd.identifier.old-id	11032
wd.identifier.sdg	SDG 14 - Life Below Water
wd.identifier.sdg	SDG 15 - Life on Land
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049