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Socioeconomic significance of mangroves for coastal people of India: A changing scenario

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Title Socioeconomic significance of mangroves for coastal people of India: A changing scenario
 
Creator Untawale, A.G.
Jagtap, T.G.
 
Subject ecosystems
mangrove swamps
wood
geographical distribution
 
Description The importance of mangrove ecosystems with particular reference to the coastal population of India has been realised recently. Natural calamities like cyclones, floods, famine, siltation and erosion are directly related to the mangrove formations and their use along the Indian coast. Major deltas like Gangetic Sunderbans, Mahanadi, Krishna, Kaveri, Pichhavaram and Muthupet along the east coast of India show the excellent growth of mangroves. The coastal population depend on mangrove-related resources for their socioeconomic needs such as fuel and fisheries, as well as for other by-products like honey, timber, tannin, coal, fruits, etc. Under extreme climatological conditions in the Gulf of Kachch, mangroves are considered very important. Recently, other aspects like Mangrove Protected Areas (MPA), ecotourism, aquaculture and agriculture have shown great significance. Although the economic grains for coastal people have increased through these activities, the mangrove ecosystem itself has become endangered in certain areas
 
Date 2009-01-10T11:51:50Z
2009-01-10T11:51:50Z
1999
 
Type Conference Article
 
Identifier Proceedings of Symposium on Significance of Mangrove Ecosystems for Coastal People, Hat Yai, Songkla Province, Thailand, 19-21 August 1996, ed. by: Kunstadter, P. 91-101p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1858
 
Language en
 
Relation ISME Mangrove Ecosystems Proceedings No.. 4
 
Rights Copyright [1999]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Int. Soc. for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan