Mangrove Ecosystems of Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

   PDF

2. Mangrove Ecosystem of Malaysia: Status, Challenges and Management Strategies

   • A. Latiff, I. Faridah-Hanum

   Pages 1-22

3. Distribution and Rarity of Rhizophoraceae in Peninsular Malaysia

   • W. A Wan Juliana, M. S Razali, A. Latiff

   Pages 23-36

4. Distribution and Current Status of Mangrove Forests in Indonesia

   • Cecep Kusmana

   Pages 37-60

5. Mangrove Forests in Thailand

   • Nathsuda Pumijumnong

   Pages 61-79

6. Philippines’ Mangrove Ecosystem: Status, Threats and Conservation

   • Kristine B. Garcia, Pastor L. Malabrigo Jr., Dixon T. Gevaña

   Pages 81-94

7. Distribution, Characteristics and Economic Importance of Mangrove Forests in Iran

   • Saeed Rashvand, Seyed Mousa Sadeghi

   Pages 95-126

8. Plant Diversity and Forest Structure of the Three Protected Areas (Wildlife Sanctuaries) of Bangladesh Sundarbans: Current Status and Management Strategies

   • Saiful Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Sourav Chakma

   Pages 127-152

9. Mangrove Fauna of Asia

   • Muhammad Nawaz Rajpar, Mohamed Zakaria

   Pages 153-197

10. Mangrove Forests of Timor-Leste: Ecology, Degradation and Vulnerability to Climate Change

    • Daniel M. Alongi

    Pages 199-212

11. Vulnerability of Mangroves to Climate Change

    • Joanna C. Ellison

    Pages 213-231

12. Impacts of Climate Change on Asian Mangrove Forests

    • Asish Kumar Parida, Vivekanand Tiwari, Bhavanath Jha

    Pages 233-256

13. Quantification of Soil Organic Carbon Storage and Turnover in Two Mangrove Forests Using Dual Carbon Isotopic Measurements

    • Lianlian Yuan, Jinping Zhang, Chengde Shen, Hai Ren, Hongxiao Liu, Kexin Liu

    Pages 257-271

14. The Relationship Between Mangrove Deforestation and Economic Development in Thailand

    • Toyokazu Naito, Suphakarn Traesupap

    Pages 273-294

15. Remote Sensing Technology: Recent Advancements for Mangrove Ecosystems

    • Mohd Nazip Suratman

    Pages 295-317

16. Management Strategies for Sustainable Exploitation of Aquatic Resources of the Sundarbans Mangrove, Bangladesh

    • M. Enamul Hoq

    Pages 319-341

17. Economic Sustainability for Halophyte Cash Farms in Urban Environments

    • Paul Bierman-Lytle

    Pages 343-371

18. Research and Development Activities Towards Sustainable Management of Mangroves in Peninsular Malaysia

    • Azian Mohti, Ismail Parlan, Hamdan Omar

    Pages 373-390

19. Climate Change Adaptation: Management Options for Mangrove Areas

    • Joanna C. Ellison

    Pages 391-413

20. Managing Mangrove Habitat Expansion in New Zealand

    • Carolyn J. Lundquist, Donald J. Morrisey, Rebecca V. Gladstone-Gallagher, Andrew Swales

    Pages 415-438

The book provides an up-to-date account of mangrove forests from Asia, together with restoration techniques, and the management requirements of these ecosystems to ensure their sustainability and conservation. All aspects of mangroves and their conservation are critically re-examined. The book is divided into three sections presenting the distribution and status of mangrove ecosystems in Asia, the challenges they are facing, their issues and opportunities, and the management strategies for their conservation.

• conservation
• ecosystem
• ethnobiology
• mangrove forest

• Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

  I. Faridah-Hanum

• Fakulti Sains & Teknologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Banji, Malaysia

  A. Latiff

• Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

  Khalid Rehman Hakeem

• Ege University, Izmer, Turkey

  Munir Ozturk

Dr. Ibrahim Faridah-Hanum is a Professor of Forest Botany and Dean of the Faculty of Forestry at Universiti Putra Malaysia. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the 75-year-old journal The Malaysian Forester, editor of the Japanese journal TROPICS, and editor of Pakistan Journal of Botany.

Prof. Emeritus Dato' Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamad has served as a Professor of Botany at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia since 1991 and was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology in 2002. He has published more than 450 papers, abstracts, and reports and has edited more than 60 books and proceedings. Prof. Latiff is the Chairman of WWF (Malaysia) and Chairman of Pulau Banding Foundation (Malaysia).

Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem is a post doctorate research fellow at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has  edited and authored more than seven books, more than 20 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, and 10 book chapters.

Prof. Munir Ozturk  is a Consultant Fellow at the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has published more than 400 papers in national and international journals, more than 50 book chapters, and has edited more than 10 books with Springer and Cambridge Scholars.