eBook

World atlas of mangroves

Spalding, Mark, Kainuma, Mami, Collins, Lorna

2010

Overview

Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and UNU-INWEH This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves. Written by a leading expert on mangroves with support from the top international researchers and conservation organizations, this full colour atlas contains 60 full-page maps, hundreds of photographs and illustrations and a comprehensive country-by-country assessment of mangroves. Mangroves are considered both ecologically and from a human perspective. Initial chapters provide a global view, with information on distribution, biogeography, productivity and wider ecology, as well as on human uses, economic values, threats, and approaches for mangrove management. These themes are revisited throughout the regional chapters, where the maps provide a spatial context or starting point for further exploration. The book also presents a wealth of statistics on biodiversity, habitat area, loss and economic value which provide a unique record of mangroves against which future threats and changes can be evaluated. Case-studies, written by regional experts provide insights into regional mangrove issues, including primary and potential productivity, biodiversity, and information on present and traditional uses and values and sustainable management.

• Publisher: Earthscan,Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: AFRICA CENTRAL / AFRICA MERIDIONAL / AFRICA OCCIDENTAL / AFRICA ORIENTAL / AFRIQUE AUSTRALE / AFRIQUE CENTRALE / AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE / AFRIQUE ORIENTALE / AMENAGEMENT FORESTIER / AMERICA CENTRAL / AMERICA DEL NORTE / AMERICA DEL SUR / AMERIQUE CENTRALE / AMERIQUE DU NORD / AMERIQUE DU SUD / ASIA MERIDIONAL / ASIA ORIENTAL / ASIA SUDORIENTAL / ASIE DE L'EST / ASIE DU SUD / ASIE DU SUD-EST / AUSTRALIA / AUSTRALIE / Biodiversity / Biodiversity & Conservation / CARAIBES / CARIBE / CONSERVACION DE LA NATURALEZA / CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE / DURABILITE / ECOLOGIA FORESTAL / ECOLOGIE FORESTIERE / ECOSISTEMA / ECOSYSTEME / ECOSYSTEMS / Environmental conservation / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / FOREST ECOLOGY / FOREST MANAGEMENT / ILES DU PACIFIQUE / ISLAS DEL PACIFICO / MANGLES / MANGROVE / Mangrove areas / Mangrove ecology / Mangrove forests / Mangrove forests Maps / Mangrove plants Maps / MANGROVE SWAMPS / Mangrove swamps Maps / MANGROVES / Marine ecosystems / MOYEN ORIENT / NATURE CONSERVATION / NOUVELLE-ZELANDE / NUEVA ZELANDIA / ORDENACION FORESTAL / ORIENTE MEDIO / PALETUVIER / PANTANOS DE MANGLE / PROTECCION AMBIENTAL / PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT / Resource Management - Environmental Studies / SOSTENIBILIDAD / SUSTAINABILITY
• ISBN: 1844076571, 9781844076574