“Uncertain future looms for Philippine, Southeast Asian mangroves,” said the headline of a news release from University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) scientists. Know more:
“Uncertain future looms for Philippine, Southeast Asian mangroves,” said the headline of a news release from University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Science scientists, who conducted a comprehensive survey of over 300 mangrove studies across the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia.
The study, titled “A systematic review of mangrove restoration studies in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for the United Nation’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration,” provides a systematic and quantitative synthesis of 335 mangrove restoration studies in the region that were published before February 2022.Recommendations
“Their branches, leaves and roots passively absorb and store incredible amounts of carbon dioxide. The 2020 book, Carbon-Based Material for Environmental Protection and Remediation, states that mangal or mangrove forests store three to four times more carbon dioxide per hectare than terrestrial or land-based forests,” Yan told the BusinessMirror via email on January 25.
“Once considered fetid swamps, we should look at the protection of the world’s mangroves as one of our best answers to the ongoing climate crisis,” he pointed out.Ronnel Arambulo, Pamalakaya national spokesman, said the UPD-CS study should raise an alarm to the national government and its agencies concerned with the environment.
“Though there indeed have been a decline of healthy mangrove areas in Southeast Asia, efforts have not been scarce to protect the remaining mangroves and restore degraded mangrove ecosystems in the Asean as reflected in the Asean Biodiversity Outlook 3, which was recently launched at the CBD COP15 [Convention of Biological Diversity 15th Conference of Parties] in Montreal [in December 2022],” Lim told the Business Mirror via Messenger on January 30 when asked to comment on the UPD-CS report.
Local fishermen have been actively supporting this community-based management model and followed the development plan and guidelines for implementation These targets are operationalised in three provinces , where Forest Landscape Restoration and Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology approach are being implemented.Amid the bleak situation gathered by the UPD-CS scientists, the Philippines’ mangrove forest cover and mangrove cover within forest lands have increased by a total of 1,852.5 square kilometres from 2010 to 2015.
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