DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.020
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84960493476
论文题名: Mangroves and people: Lessons from a history of use and abuse in four Latin American countries
作者: López-Angarita J. ; Roberts C.M. ; Tilley A. ; Hawkins J.P. ; Cooke R.G.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 368 起始页码: 151
结束页码: 162
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Archaeozoology
; Conservation
; Eastern Tropical Pacific
; Historical ecology
; Management
; Protected area
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity
; Conservation
; Deforestation
; Developing countries
; Ecology
; Environmental protection
; Management
; Tropics
; Wetlands
; Archaeozoology
; Coastal development
; Conservation policy
; Conservation strategies
; Eastern tropical pacific
; Ecological connectivities
; Historical ecology
; Protected areas
; Forestry
; archaeology
; biodiversity
; coastal wetland
; conservation planning
; developing world
; environmental management
; environmental policy
; historical ecology
; human activity
; mangrove
; protected area
; reconstruction
; Colombia
; Costa Rica
; Ecuador
; Panama [Central America]
; Rhizophoraceae
英文摘要: From native pre-Columbian subsistence economies to the modern global economy, mangroves have played an important role providing goods and services to human societies for millennia. More than 90% of the world's mangroves are located in developing countries, where rates of destruction are increasing rapidly and on large scales. In order to design effective conservation strategies, it is critical to understand the natural dynamics and anthropogenic drivers of these coastal wetland habitats. We use retrospective techniques to reconstruct mangrove forest history in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. We examine available, present day estimates of mangrove area and evaluate the representation of mangroves in the protected area systems of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador, evaluating existing policies regarding mangroves. Archaeozoological evidence shows that mangroves were exploited for many thousands of years by pre-Columbian societies. Post-conquest deforestation prevailed during the next 400 years. Since 1990, despite increasingly positive attitudes towards mangroves and their inclusion in protected areas and conservation policies, mangrove cover has continued to decline due to expanding human activities (agriculture, aquaculture, coastal development), even in the presence of laws prohibiting their removal. Here we provide an historical ecology baseline of mangroves in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, from which to view current trends and map future trajectories. Given the myriad negative consequences of mangrove loss recorded worldwide, and the strong ecological connectivity of the region, developing effective strategies for mangrove management at an appropriate scale will be paramount to protect coastal livelihoods and biodiversity. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64985
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作者单位: Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom; Fundación Talking Oceans, Carrera 16 #127-81, Bogotá, Colombia; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Panamá City, Panama
Recommended Citation:
López-Angarita J.,Roberts C.M.,Tilley A.,et al. Mangroves and people: Lessons from a history of use and abuse in four Latin American countries[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,368