An overview of mangrove management strategies in three South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka

International Forestry Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-51

  Iftekhar, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Forest management; India; Mangrove; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANGROVE; SILVICULTURE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 67649109331     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.10.1.38     Document Type: Review

References (84)

1. AKSORNKOAE, S. 1993. Ecology and management of mangroves. IUCN, Bangkok, Thailand. 176 pages.
2. ALONGI, D. M. 2002. Present state and future of the world's mangrove forests. Environmental Conservation 29(3): 331-349.
3. AMARASINGHE, M. D. 1996. Mangroves in Sri Lanka. Mangrove Information Centre of Small Fishers Federation, Pambala, Sri Lanka.
4. AMARASINGHE, U. S., AMARASINGHE, M. D., and NISSANKA, C. 2002. Investigation of the Negombo estuary (Sri Lanka) brush park fishery, with an emphasis on community-based management. Fisheries Management and Ecology 9(1): 41-56.
5. ANDERIES, J. M., JANSSEN, M. A., and OSTROM. E. 2004. A framework to analyze the robustness of social-ecological systems from an institutional perspective. Ecology and Society 9(1): 18.
6. BADOLA, R., and HUSSAIN, S. A. 2003 Valuation of the Bhitarkanika mangrove ecosystem for ecological security and sustainable resource use. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.
7. BAKSHI, D. N.. G., SANYAL, P., and NASKAR, K. R. (eds.) 1999. Sundarbans mangals. Naya Prokash, Calcutta, India.
8. BLASCO, F., AIZPURU, M., and GERS, C. 2001. Depletion of the mangroves of Continental Asia. Wetlands Ecology and Management 9(3): 245-256.
9. CANONIZADO, J. A., and HOSSAIN M. A. 1998. Integrated forest management plan for the Sundarbans Reserved Forest (Final Draft). Mandala Agricultural Development Corporation and Forest Department, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
10. CHAPMAN, V. J. 1976. Mangrove Vegetation. J. Cramer, Vaduz, Germany.
11. CHAUDHURI, A.B., and CHOUDHURY, A. 1994. Mangroves of the Sundarbans, Vol. 1, India. The IUCN Wetlands Programme. Bangkok, Thailand, IUCN.
12. COAST CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT [CCD]. 1997. Revised coastal zone management plan, Sri Lanka. Coast Conservation Department, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development, Sri Lanka.
13. COATES, K. D., and BURTON, P. J. 1997. A gap-based approach for development of silvicultural systems to address ecosystem management objectives. Forest Ecology and Management 99(3): 337-354.
14. DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, E, HETTIARACHCHI, S., SEEN, D. LO, BATELAAN, O., SOORIYARACHCHI, S., JAYATISSA, L. P., and KOEDAM, N. 2005b. Transitions in ancient inland freshwater resource management in Sri Lanka affect biota and human populations in and around coastal lagoons. Current Biology 15: 579-586.
15. DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, F., JAYATISSA, L. P., DI NITTO, D., BOSIRE, J. O., LO SEEN, D., and KOEDAM, N. 2005a. How effective were mangroves as a defence against the recent tsunami? Current Biology 15(12): 443-447.
16. DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, F., KAIRO, J. G., JAYATISSA, L. R, CANNICCI, S., and KOEDAM N. 2002. An ordination study to view vegetation structure dynamics in disturbed and undisturbed mangrove forests in Kenya and Sri Lanka. Plant Ecology 161: 123-135.
17. DAS, S., and SIDDIQI, N. A. 1985. The mangroves and mangrove forests of Bangladesh. Mangrove silviculture division bulletin no. 2, BFRI and UNDP/FAO Project, BGD/79/017, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
18. DUKE, N. C., MEYNECKE, J. O., DITTMANN, S., ELLISON, A. M., ANGER, K., BERGER, U., CANNICCI, S., DIELE, K., EWEL, K. C., FIELD, C. D., KOEDAM, N., LEE, S. Y, MARCHAND, C., NORDHAUS, I., and DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, F. 2007. A World Without Mangroves? Science 317: 41-42.
19. EARTH TRENDS 2003a. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-India. Earth Trends country profile. Earth Trends, source: http://earthtrends.wri.org.
20. EARTH TRENDS 2003b. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-Sri Lanka. Earth Trends country profile. Earth Trends, source: http://earthtrends.wri.org.
21. ELLISON, A. M. 2002. Macroecology of mangroves: large-scale patterns and processes in tropical coastal forests. Trees 16:181-194.
22. ENVIS 2002. Mangroves of India: state of the art report. ENVIS publication series 2/2002, Environmental Information System Centre, Centre for Advance Studies in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India.
23. FAO 1994. Mangrove forest management guidelines. Forestry paper no. 117. Food and Agriculture Organization. Rome.
24. FAO 2003. Status and trends in mangrove area extent worldwide. Forest Resources Assessment Working Paper No. 63. Forest Resources Division, Food and Agriculture Organization. Rome.
25. FAO 2005. State of the world's forests. Food and Agriculture Organization. Rome.
26. FAO 2006. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Forestry Databases, Rome: FAO. On-line source: http://www.fao.org/forestry/foris/webview/ forestry2/index (last accessed 15 January 2007)
27. FAROOQUE, M. 1997. Law and customs on forests in Bangladesh: issues and remedies. Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, Dhaka.
28. GIRI, C., ZHU, Z., TIESZEN, L. L., SINGH, A., GILLETTE, S., and KELMELIS, J. A. 2007. Mangrove forest distributions and dynamics (1975-2005) of the 'tsunami-affected region of Asia. Journal of Biogeography doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01806.x.
29. GOPAL, B., and CHAUHAN, M. 2006. Biodiversity and its conservation in the Sundarban Mangrove Ecosystem. Aquatic Science 68: 338-354.
30. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA [GOI] 2005. Ramsar COP9 national planning tool-national report format India. Source: www.ramsar.org/cop9.
31. HETTIARACHCHI, S. S. L., and SAMARAWICKRAMA, S. P. 2005. Planning and implementing coastal management in Sri Lanka. Maritime Engineering 158 (1): 25-32.
32. HOGARTH, P. J. 1999. The biology of mangroves. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
33. HOQ, M. E. 2007. An analysis of fisheries exploitation and management practices in Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem, Bangladesh. Ocean & Coastal Management 50 (5-6): 411-427.
34. HOQUE, A. K. F. 1996. The Sonneratiaceae mangroves, as forest resources, with particular reference to Bangladesh. MSc. Thesis. University College of North Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom.
35. HUSSAIN, Z., and KARIM, A. (eds.) 1994. Mangrove of the Sundarbans, Volume 2: Bangladesh. IUCN, Bangkok, Thailand.
36. IFTEKHAR, M. S. 2005. From timber management to forest management: A review of forest management practices. Journal of Forest Science 51 (9): 412-429.
37. IFTEKHAR, M. S. 2006. Conservation and management of the Bangladesh coastal ecosystem: Overview of an integrated approach. Natural Resources Forum 30: 230-237.
38. IFTEKHAR, M. S., and HOQUE, A. K. F. 2005. Forest encroachment: A study for Bangladesh. Geojournal 62 (1-2): 95-106.
39. IFTEKHAR, M. S., and ISLAM, M. 2004a, Managing mangroves in Bangladesh: a strategy analysis. Journal of Coastal Conservation 10: 139-146.
40. IFTEKHAR, M. S., and ISLAM, M. R. 2004b. Degeneration of Bangladesh Sundarbans mangroves: a management issue. The International Forestry Review 6 (2): 123-135.
41. IPTEKHAR, M,S., and SAENGER, P. 2007. Vegetation dynamics in the Bangladesh Sundarbans mangroves: a review of forest inventories. Wetlands Ecology and Management Dol: 10.1007/s11273-007-9063-5.
42. IFTEKHAR, M. S., and TAKAMA, T. 2007. Perceptions of biodiversity, environmental services and conservation of planted mangroves: A case study on Nijhum Dwip Island, Bangladesh. Wetlands Ecology and Management DoI: 10.1007/s11273-007-9060-8.
43. ISLAM, M. S., and HAQUE, M. 2004. The mangrove-based coastal and nearshore fisheries of Bangladesh: ecology, exploitation and management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 14: 153-180.
44. ISLAM, M. S., and WAHAB, M. A. 2005. A review on the present status and management of mangrove wetland habitat resources in Bangladesh with emphasis on mangrove fisheries and aquaculture. Hydrobiologia 542:165-190.
45. IUCN 2006. Mangroves for the future, promoting investment in coastal ecosystem conservation, A Plan for Action. IUCN - The World Conservation Union.
46. IUCN BANGLADESH 2005. Restoration of a critical coastal ecosystem: the Chokoria Sunderbans. Project final report. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, 65 pp.
47. IUCN-BANGLADESH 2001. The Bangladesh Sundarbans: A photoreal sojourn. IUCN Bangladesh country office, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
48. JAYATISSA, L. P., DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, F., and KOEDAM, N. 2002. A review of the floral composition and distribution of mangroves in Sri Lanka. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 138: 29-43.
49. JOSEPH, L. 2004. National report of Sri Lanka on the formulation of a transboundary diagnostic analysis and strategic action planfor the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Programme. Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Programme.
50. KATHIRESAN, K. 2003a. Conservation strategies for mangroves in India. The Botanica 53: 61-75.
51. KATHIRESAN, K. 2003b. How do mangrove forests induce sedimentation? Revista de Biologia Tropical 51(2): 355-359.
52. KATHIRESAN, K., and RAJENDRAN, N. 2005. Mangrove ecosystems of the Indian Ocean region. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences 34(1): 104-113.
53. KLINGER, T. 2004. International ICZM: in search of successful outcomes. Ocean & Coastal Management 47: 195-196.
54. KUMAR, R. 2000. Conservation and management of mangroves in India, with special reference to the State of Goa and the Middle Andaman Islands. Unasylva 203:51.
55. LIWENMAYERA, D.B., FRANKLIN J.F., and FISCHERA J. 2006. General management principles and a checklist of strategies to guide forest biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation 131: 433-445.
56. MoWR, 2005. The national coastal zone policy. Ministry of Water Resources, Bangladesh. Dhaka.
57. NASKAR, K. R. 1999. Status of mangroves in Indian Sundarbans - in the perspectives of India and world mangals. In: D. N. G. BAKSHI, P. SANYAL and K. R. NASKAR ACHARYA (Eds.), Sundarbans mangals. Naya Prokash, Calcutta, India.
58. NASKAR, K. R., and MANDAL, R. M 1999. Ecology and biodiversity of Indian mangroves. Dehradun, India, Milton Book Company.
59. NASKAR, K., and BAKSHI, D. N. G. 1987. Mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans. Naya Prakash, India.
60. PDO-ICZMP 2004. Areas with special status in the coastal zone. Programme development office for integrated coastal zone management plan project, Water resources planning organization, Ministry of water resources, Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
61. PDO-ICZMP 2005. Coastal land uses and indicative land zones. Programme development office for integrated coastal zone management plan project, Water resources planning organization, Ministry of water resources, Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
62. POFFENBERGER, M. (ed.) 2000. Communities and forest management in South Asia: a regional profile of WG-CIFM, The working groups on community involvement in forest management. The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Gland.
63. RAZZAQUE, J. 2004. Public interest in environmental litigation in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Kluwer Law International, The Hague/ London/New York
64. SAENGER, P. 2002. Mangrove ecology, silviculture and conservation. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
65. SAMARAKOON, J. 2004. Issues of livelihood, sustainable development, and governance: Bay of Bengal. Ambio 33(1-2): 34-44.
66. SAMPATH, V. 2003. National report on the status and development potential of the coastal and marine environment of the east coast of India and its living resources. GEF PDF block B Phase of FAO/BOBLME Programme.
67. SELVAM, V. 2003. Environmental classification of mangrove wetlands of India. Current Science 84 (6): 757-765.
68. SELVAM, V., RAVICHANDRAN, K. K., GNANAPPAZHAM, L., and NAVAMUNIYAMMAL M. 2003. Assessment of community-based restoration of Pichavaram mangrove wetland using remote sensing data. Current Science 85 (6): 794-798.
69. SIDDIQI, N. A. 2001. Mangrove forestry in Bangladesh. Institute of Forestry & Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
70. SIDDIQI, N. A., and KHAN, M. A. S. 2004. Human-induced succession of vegetation on new accretions in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 16(2): 187-198.
71. SINGH, C. 2000. India's forest policy and forest laws. Natraj Publishers, Dehra Dun.
72. SINGH, H. S. 2003. Marine protected areas in India: coastal wetland conservation. Indian Forester 129(11): 1313-1321.
73. SONAK, S., PANGAM, P., and GIRIYAN, A. 2007. Green reconstruction of the tsunami-affected areas in India using the integrated coastal zone management concept. Journal of Environmental Management doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007,01.052.
74. SPALDING, M., BLASCO, F., and FIELD, C. 1997. World mangrove atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan, 178 pp.
75. THORNTON, C., SHANAHAN, M., and WILLIAMS, J. 2003. From wetlands to wastelands: impacts of shrimp farming. Bulletin Society of Wetland Scientists 20(1): 48-53.
76. TOMLINSON, P. B. 1986. The botany of mangroves. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 419 pp.
77. UNEP 2003a. The economic valuation of alternative uses of mangrove forests in Sri Lanka. Report prepared by B. M. S. BATAGODA submitted to UNEP-GPA coordination office in Netherlands. The global programme of action for the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities, GPA co-ordination office, United Nations Environment Programme.
78. UNEP 2003b. A comparative review o coastal legislation in South Asia. The global programme of action for the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities, GPA co-ordination office and International Ocean Institute, India. United Nations Environment Programme.
79. UPADHYAY, V. P., RANJAN, R., and SINGH, J. S. 2002. Human-mangrove conflicts: The way out. Current Science 83 (11): 1328-1336.
80. VANNUCCI, M. (Ed.) 2004. Mangrove management and conservation: present and future. United Nations University, Tokyo, XXIII+324 pp.
81. VENKATARAMAN, K., and WAFAR, M. 2005. Coastal and marine biodiversity of India. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences 34(1): 57-75.
82. WORLD BANK, ISME, CENTER AARHUS 2003. Principles for a code of conduct for the management and sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington DC. Source: www.worldbank.org.
83. ZOYSA, M. D. 2001. A review of forest policy trends in Sri Lanka. Policy Trend Report 57-68.
84. ZUBAIR, L. 2001. Challenges for environmental impact assessment in Sri Lanka. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 21: 469-478.