Status of mangroves in the philippines pdf

mangrove areas in the southern coast of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines to evaluate their regeneration capacity status. Four mangrove ecotypes were delineated namely seaward, middle, landward and riverine zones at each mangrove ecosystem, where dominant mangrove species were identified and selected for regeneration capacity study. Asia and the Philippines are the rapid expansion of aquaculture development (Dodd & Ong 2008). In the Philippines, 50% of estimated mangrove deforestation can directly account for brackish-water pond development (Primavera 1995). Despite greater conservation and localized replanting efforts, mangrove degradation in the Philippines is for this mangrove policy study, the following policy concerns identified as critical by pawb-cmmo are: (1) reversion of abandoned, undeveloped and underutilized fishponds under fishpond lease agreements to the department of environment and natural resources through the national convergence approach; (2) cancellation of illegally titled fishponds … Ninety-one mangrove-associated terrestrial vertebrate species, consisting of 20 herpeto-fauna, 63 birds and 8 mammals were documented along the coast of Puerto Princesa Bay in Palawan, Philippines. Sampling stations in barangays Iwahig and Sta. Lucia showed the higher species diversity and evenness Status of Philippine mangroves Studies on the mangroves of the ASEAN region prior to 1994 have been reviewed by a number 'of authors (Wilkinson et al. 1994). A critical discussion of these reviews is presented here. Mangrove forest and vegetation The actual area of mangrove forest in the Philippines is not certainly known. In in those areas associated with mangrove cutting for firewood and fishpond conversion. As observed only the mangroves along the riverbanks of about 5-10 meters thick were in stable growth. There were no sightings in Tarusan and Iwahig River3 despite a very lush growth of mangroves in the area. A resident mentioned The mangroves were identified and classified taxonomically up to the species level using the Field Guide Manual to Philippine Mangroves by Primavera et al (2004). Diversity indices and abundance curves. Species richness, dominance, evenness and the Shannon Wiener diversity index were obtained to evaluate the diversity of mangroves Status of Mangrove Vegetation in Lemery, Batangas, Southern Luzon, Philippines (A Critique on the Research Paper of Bernardo C. Lunar, 2013) Summary of the Paper A descriptive study that determined diversity of mangrove species of Mataas na Bayan and Palanas Lemery, Batangas. The decline of Philippine mangroves from half a million hectares in 1918 to only 120000 ha in 1994 may be traced to local exploitation for fuelwood and conversion to agriculture, salt beds, industry and settlements. But brackishwa- ter pond culture, whose history is intertwined with that of mangroves, remains the major cause of loss. The paper In India, mangroves occupy an area of 4628 sq.km accounting for nearly three per cent of the world's mangrove vegetation [1], whereas in Andhra Pradesh, Mangrove forests account for only 582 sq.km, representing only about 0.9% of the State's total forest area [4, 8] and occur in estuaries of Krishna and Godavari rivers. Out of the world's more than 70 salt-tolerant mangrove species, around 46 species exist in the Philippines. The mangrove is known as the "rainforest of the sea," and like