Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Keynote presentation : what we can do for mangroves / S. Baba
  • Part I. The mangrove ecosystem : structure and function
  • 1. Some ecological aspects of the morphology of pneumatophores of Sonneratia alba and Avicennia officinalis / T. Nakamura, R. Minagawa, and S. Havanond
  • 2. Introduction of Sonneratia species to Guangdong Province, China / Zhong-yi Chen, Ruijiang Wang, and Zebin Miao
  • 3. Research into, and conservation of, mangrove ecosystems in Indonesia / Aprilani Soegiarto
  • 4. Status of Indian mangroves : pollution status of the Pichavaram mangrove area, south-east coast of India / An Subramanian
  • 5. The role of aquatic animals in mangrove ecosystems / Shigemitsu Shokita
  • 6. Effects of mangrove restoration and conservation on the biodiversity and environment in Can Gio District / Phan Nguyen Hong
  • 7. Below-ground carbon sequestration of mangrove forests in the Asia-Pacific region / Kiyoshi Fujimoto
  • Part II. Function and management
  • 8. Sustainable use and conservation of mangrove forest resources with emphasis on policy and management practices in Thailand / Sanit Aksornkoae
  • 9. Role of the national government in the economic development of the mangroves of Fiji / Mesake Senibulu
  • 10. Conflicting interests in the use of mangrove resources in Pakistan / Mohammad Tahir Qureshi
  • 11. Mangroves, an area of conflict between cattle ranchers and fishermen / Patricia Moreno-Casasola
  • 12. Philippine mangroves : status, threats, and sustainable development / J.H. Primavera
  • 13. Co-management of coastal fisheries resources in tropical and subtropical regions / Shinichiro Kakuma
  • 14. Mangrove Rehabilitation and Coastal Resource Management Project of Mabini-Candijay, Bohol, Philippines : Cogtong Bay / Robert S. Pomeroy and Brenda M. Katon
  • Part III. Uses and policies
  • 15. Towards sustainable use and management for mangrove conservation in Viet Nam / Motohiko Kogo and Kiyomi Kogo
  • 16. Mangrove forestry research in Bangladesh / A.F.M. Akhtaruzzaman
  • 17. Socio-economic study of the utilization of mangrove forests in South-East Asia / Kazuhiro Ajiki
  • 18. Sustainable mangrove management in Indonesia : case study on mangrove planting and aquaculture / Atsuo Ida
  • 19. Sustainable use and conservation management of mangroves in Zanzibar, Tanzania / Thabit S. Masoud and Robert G. Wild
  • Part IV. Summary of presentations, guidelines, and action plan
  • 20. Summary of presentations and guidelines for future action / Zafar Adeel and Marta Vannucci
  • 21. Mangroves action plan / Zafar Adeel.