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Environmental Strategies for Sustainable Management of Mangrove Forests in Mozambique

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The ecosystem services are the indirect and/or direct contributions of ecosystems to human well-being, also essential for the survival of other organisms. They have an important role in human survival and quality of life (Brouwer et al. 2013). The research on ecosystem services has grown exponentially during the last decade especially in the coastal areas and oceans. These ecosystems contribute more than 60% of the total economic value of the biosphere (Liquete et al. 2013). Mangrove forests are among the most important and peculiar coastal habitats due to their ecological functions and their socioeconomic value to local communities. These ecosystems are recognized to be very productive, providing goods and services to ecosystems important to human society as well as coastal and marine systems.

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Worldwide mangroves occur in 112 countries, including Mozambique (FAO 1994), with an estimated global area of ​​13,776,000 ha. Asia is the continent with the largest...

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  1. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lúrio University, Pemba, Mozambique

    Esperança Edna Alexandre Chibite

  2. Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) and Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Porto, Portugal

    Luis R. Vieira

  3. The Centre for Environmental and Marine, Studies (CESAM) and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Fernando Morgado

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Chibite, E.E.A., Vieira, L.R., Morgado, F. (2020). Environmental Strategies for Sustainable Management of Mangrove Forests in Mozambique. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9_87-1

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