A Study on Threats and Sustainability of Mangrove Vegetation in India

International Journal of Geoinformatics and Geological Science
© 2016 by SSRG - IJGGS Journal
Volume 3 Issue 2
Year of Publication : 2016
Authors : E.Manjari Nandy, Aswin Alora
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E.Manjari Nandy, Aswin Alora, "A Study on Threats and Sustainability of Mangrove Vegetation in India," SSRG International Journal of Geoinformatics and Geological Science, vol. 3,  no. 2, pp. 12-16, 2016. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939206/IJGGS-V3I4P103

Abstract:

Mangroves are one of the most endangered ecosystems globally found within the intertidal zones of tropics and subtropics. They afford numerous ecological and economical ecosystem services subsidising to coastal erosion protection, water filtration, provision of areas for fish and shrimp breeding, provision of building material and medicinal ingredients, and the attraction of tourists, amongst many other factors. Deprivations of mangrove ecosystems in India aremostly due to continuous growth in anthropogenic accomplishments such as alteration of mangrove wetlands for aquaculture and destruction of mangrove forest for timber. In the coastline areas residents are at dangers of trailing their livelihood and ecological communities are in the approach of extermination. The operative preservation and administration of mangrove habitats should be deliberated in association with local community contribution and application of remote sensing method and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based complete database approach. In this paper, we suggested that the risks and hazards of mangrove vegetation around the world. The purpose of this paper is to offer a complete overview and comprehensive summary of all of the work assumed, addressing the range of remotely sensed data applied for mangrove ecosystem charting, as well as the several methods and practices used for data evaluates, and to discuss their prospective and restrictions. A mixture of remote sensing and GIS-based methodology will have important ecologic and commercial welfares by gaining real-time data from isolated areas. This approach has cherished suggestions to other endangered mangrove wetlands universally.

Keywords:

 Mangrove habitat, Climatic vulnerability, Management, remote sensing and Geographic Information System, Mangrove ecosystem.

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