Mangrove Ecosystems

Function and Management

By: Luiz Drude de Lacerda (Editor), Volker Linneweber

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Hardcover | 26 March 2002

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Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi tion for survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of a dream or hope rather than a reality in the policy of our societies. Presently we are experiencing an unprecedented exponential growth of demography combined with a race for profit, resulting in excessive consumption particularly of en ergy, and a serious impact on the world ecosystems. Various types of pollutants and emerging new diseases not only disrupt the normal course of life, but also above this some of the atmospheric pollutants are most likely involved in the changing climate. We fear and literally shiver at the thought that the "changing climate" would ultimately disrupt the fragile thermodynamic equilibrium between the atmosphere and the oceans. Are we insensitive to these facts to the point of pushing our descendants, some genera tions ahead, into a new glacial period after a first period of warming up, at least, in northern Europe, like the one that took place 13 to 14 millennia ago? Surely the planet's nature is not prepared to be dominated by man and will go its way, whether humanity will be alive or dead.

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"The present publication is an attempt to present in an organized manner the present state of knowledge, which could be useful for decision makers and of interest to all those who understand the ecological and economic potential of the various types of mangrove ecosystems. The book contains five chapters written by specialists in mangrove forest around the world. ... This book can be highly recommended to all who are concerned with the future of mangrove forests, both for their sustainable use and for their protection." (Ulrich Saint-Paul, Ecotropica, Vol. 12, 2006)

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Ecological Science Engineering & Technology Environmental Science Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Conservation of The Environment Environmental Management Geography

Earth Sciences Geology & The Lithosphere Applied Ecology Biodiversity

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Mangrove Ecosystems of Tropical America
Mangrove Ecosystems of Africa
Mangrove Ecosystems of Asia
Mangrove Ecosystems of Australia and Pacific Ocean Islands
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