Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 8.4
Goddess
Bonobibi is worshipped by
island dwellers
(irrespective of religion and
caste) before entering the
deep mangrove forest
change and management activities leading to
carbon sequestration in or reduced emissions
from coastal ecosystems into existing policy and
parts (Fig.
8.1
) from the ambient media, i.e. water
(Fig.
8.5
) and sediment (Fig.
8.6
). This study was
conducted during 2011
2012 by us in three sites
of Indian Sundarbans (Fig.
8.7
). The study shows
the need for conservation of coastal vegetation for
getting the bene
-
nancing processes of the UNFCC.
ts of such ecosystem services,
and carbon sequestration is an extra bonus to these
ecosystem services (Fig.
8.8
).
It is to be noted that the conservation policy is
not uniform throughout the globe; it varies from
place to place depending on the resource base,
pattern of exploitation, and nature and magnitude
of threat; for example, the pattern of exploitation
in Arctic or Antarctic zone is totally different
from the tropical seas or mangrove regions. To
make it clearer, the example of regional resource
base can be cited. Coral is a biological resource
8.1.3 Scientific Management
The domain of ecosystem services provided by
coastal vegetation is broad in magnitude. Apart
from providing fuel wood, timber,
shes, honey,
wax and several important pharmaceutical com-
pounds, services like bioremediation is also pro-
vided by coastal vegetation. We observed that
Porteresia coarctata
(a salt marsh grass found in
lower Gangetic delta) can accumulate consider-
able level of zinc, copper and lead in its vegetative
