Mangrove Forest Conservation and Management during Times of Global Climate Change
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 June 2021) | Viewed by 1081
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mangrove and wetland management and conservation; marine protected areas; coastal management; adaptation to sea level rise
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mangroves are important tropical coastal ecosystems that provide important ecosystem services and benefits to coastal communities. Despite their importance, during the past 4 decades, more than a quarter of mangrove forests have been lost through conversion to other uses. Effective management of these ecosystems involves strengthening institutional capacity, increasing implementation of appropriate legal measures, facilitating co-management and increased local community involvement and stewardship, and encouraging restoration of degraded mangrove habitats.
We hope to attract essays in this Special Issue that focus on research which is useful for the sustainable management of mangrove forests and ecosystems, experiences with community-based management and conflict resolution, as well as the increasing recognition of mangroves’ importance as a carbon sink (Blue Carbon) and as an important nature-based adaptation to climate change.
We are soliciting papers that explore challenges to managing mangroves, as well as innovative experiences and case studies that may be useful to resource managers throughout the world. Papers may cover a broad range of topics related to mangroves, including but not limited to the following: temporal studies of natural and anthropogenic changes in the structure and composition of mangrove restoration experiences; use of mangroves as nature-based solutions to global climate change, sea level rise, and storm surge from tropical storms; community-based management experiences; applied scientific research which is useful for the management of mangrove ecosystems; traditional ecological knowledge related to mangroves; and environmental education experiences applicable to mangrove ecosystems.
Prof. Dr. Daniel O. Suman
Dr. Cristian Tovilla
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mangrove management
- Nature-based adaptations to sea level rise and climate change
- Mangrove restoration
- Community-based management
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