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

dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatialGlobal
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:08:26Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:08:26Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8813
dc.descriptionAs 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.languageEnglish
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectmangroveen_US
dc.subjectmangrove swampen_US
dc.subjectaquatic planten_US
dc.subjectdegradation of natural resourceen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectnatural disasteren_US
dc.subjectenvironmental impact assessmenten_US
dc.subjectdisasteren_US
dc.subjectdisaster contingency planen_US
dc.subjectdisaster control serviceen_US
dc.subjectdisaster preparednessen_US
dc.subjectdisaster preventionen_US
dc.subjectcoast protectionen_US
dc.subjectcoastal areaen_US
dc.subjectcoastal ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectcoastal environmenten_US
dc.subjectcoastal pollutionen_US
dc.subjectcoastal wateren_US
dc.subjectmarine conservation areaen_US
dc.subjectmarine ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectmarine faunaen_US
dc.subjectmarine pollutionen_US
dc.subjectland-based marine pollutionen_US
dc.subjectsea resourceen_US
dc.subjectsea water protectionen_US
dc.subjectclimate change mitigationen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental changeen_US
dc.subjectnatural hazard
dc.titleGlobal Mangrove Extent Much Smaller than Previously Estimated - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Services (GEAS) - October 2010
dc.typeReports, Books and Bookletsen_US
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049


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