Mangrove Saves Our Coastal Area

Climate change have already considered as the greatest threat for the humankind. Some people afraid of disasters and being homeless cause by sea level rising. But policians make this issue as a important comodity for trading. Global warming phenomenon can not be eliminated by giving small money to the developing countries to preserve their forest, meanwhile the developed countries produce more and more carbon. We have to consider all options to save our planet for being burnt by a few CEO, they have to know and will to contribute and conserve our planet earth. We must preserve the forest and at the same time reduce our carbon emission. Conserving mangrove forest will be a good options to reduce impacts of sea level rise.

Conserving existing mangroves and restoring the vast areas of degraded and cleared mangrove wetlands will serve as a partial solution to global warming. Our planet perhaps faces one of the greatest threats to life as we know it. This crisis is being fueled by human induced climate change. Because nearly half of humankind today lives in cities and settlements located along the now vulnerable coasts, global warming and consequent sea level rise cannot be ignored. Already evacuations of low-lying islands have begun in South Asia and the South Pacific Islands. It is expected mass evacuations of millions of coastal residents will occur within the next 50 years as sea level continues to rise as a result of the greenhouse effect caused by excessive carbon gas emissions.

Mangrove forests could be a secret weapon in the fight against climate change, according to scientists from Earthwatch. Earthwatch today announces a new five-year research programme into the potential of mangrove forests to store carbon and reduce the impacts of climate change.

Mangroves are intertidal communities of primarily tree species of the tropics and sub-tropics. Indonesia alone accounts for nearly a quarter of the world’s mangroves. These forests protect coasts against storms, tides, and cyclones. Mangroves are important in relation to animal and plant productivity, as nutrient sinks, for substrate stabilisation and as a source of wood products. Warming may promote expansion of mangroves to higher latitudes but they are susceptible to frost and drought.

Many mangrove forests are excessively exploited, thereby reducing resilience in the face of sea-level rises. The importance of sediment flux in determining mangrove response to rising sea levels is well established in literature. It has been suggested that where there is low sediment supply mangrove accretion may not be able to keep pace with projected sea-level rises. In some protected coastal settings,the inundation of low-lying coastal land may promote the expansion of mangrove forests with rising sea levels provided vertical accretion keeps pace.