Mangrove Conservation

Significance

• Nutrients Basket: In the coastal ecology, mangroves capture and cycle a variety of organic materials, chemical components, and crucial nutrients.
• Food Source: Mangroves serve as one of the fundamental components of the marine species' food web.
• Economic/Commercial Worth: Mangroves supply a diverse range of marine creatures with physical habitat and nidification sites, many of which have significant economic or commercial worth.
• Storm Buffers: By minimising wind and wave impact in shallow shoreline locations, mangroves can operate as storm buffers.

Challenges/Threats

• Commercialisation of Coastal Areas: These salt-tolerant trees and the ecosystems they sustain are being rapidly replaced by aquaculture, coastal expansion, rice ....