With around 3 million hectares, Indonesia houses almost a quarter of the world’s mangroves, larger than any continent. To date, they face tremendous pressures from aquaculture and agriculture development with current loss of 1.2% annually. Mainstreaming mangrove sustainable management through a national regulatory framework and linking it with global framework such as Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goal is very timely.

Authors: Murdiyarso, D.

Subjects: wetlands, mangroves, conservation, climate change, mitigation, adaptation

Publication type: Chapter-R, Publication

Year: 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429435362-21