Tidal marshes and mangroves are increasingly valued for nature-based mitigation of coastal
storm impacts, such as flooding and shoreline erosion hazards, which are growing due to …

The rapid development of aquaculture has been considered the blue revolution, which is an
approach to increasing global fish production in order to contribute to human nutrition and …

To meet the demand for food from a growing global population, aquaculture production is
under great pressure to increase as capture fisheries have stagnated. However, aquaculture …

Background Many mangrove ecosystems are periodically exposed to high velocity winds
and surge from tropical cyclones, and often recover with time and continue to provide …

Field observations and numerical simulations indicate that the 6-to-30-km-wide mangrove
forest along the Gulf Coast of South Florida effectively attenuated storm surges from a …

Coastal human settlements are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters such
as tsunamis and cyclones. Recent events, including the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 and …

Ecosystems provide important services that can help people adapt to climate variability and
change. Recognizing this role of ecosystems, several international and nongovernmental …

Globally, coastal aquaculture particularly shrimp farming has been under huge criticism
because of its environmental impacts including devastating effects on mangrove forests …

Tropical reforestation (TR) has been highlighted as an important intervention for climate
change mitigation because of its carbon storage potential. TR can also play other frequently …

Myanmar is one of the mangrove‐richest countries in the world, providing valuable
ecosystem services to people. However, due to deforestation driven primarily by agricultural …