Public Perceptions of Mangrove Forests Matter for Their Conservation
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Dahdouh-Guebas, FaridAjonina, Gordon N.
Amir, A. Aldrie
Andradi-Brown, Dominic A.
Aziz, Irfan
Balke, Thorsten
Barbier, Edward B.
Cannicci, Stefano
Cragg, Simon M.
Cunha-Lignon, Marília
Curnick, David J.
Duarte, Carlos M.

Duke, Norman C.
Endsor, Charlie
Fratini, Sara
Feller, Ilka C.
Fromard, François
Hugé, Jean
Huxham, Mark
Kairo, James G.
Kajita, Tadashi
Kathiresan, Kandasamy
Koedam, Nico
Lee, Shing Yip
Lin, Hsing Juh
Mackenzie, Jock R.
Mangora, Mwita M.
Marchand, Cyril
Meziane, Tarik
Minchinton, Todd E.
Pettorelli, Nathalie
Polanía, Jaime
Polgar, Gianluca
Poti, Meenakshi
Primavera, Jurgenne
Quarto, Alfredo
Rog, Stefanie M.
Satyanarayana, Behara
Schaeffer-Novelli, Yara
Spalding, Mark
Van der Stocken, Tom
Wodehouse, Dominic
Yong, Jean W.H.
Zimmer, Martin
Friess, Daniel A.
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionMarine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
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2020-11-19Submitted Date
2020-09-07Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/666338
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Iconic species and landscapes attract public attention to help reverse the degradation of ecosystems and their biodiversity (Thompson and Rog, 2019); sharing their images on social media can act as a powerful way to influence perceptions and drive positive actions by the public (Wu et al., 2018). Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have been used to great effect to communicate the urgency required to halt and reverse tropical forest loss (Lamb et al., 2005) and the plight of coral reefs (Curnock et al., 2019). Ecosystems such as seagrass meadows, mudflats, and mangrove forests receive substantially less media exposure (Duarte et al., 2008). Yet these under-recognized ecosystems are hugely important for local and global societies, providing benefits such as shoreline protection (Barbier, 2016), fisheries (Carrasquilla-Henao and Juanes, 2017), carbon capture and storage (Duarte et al., 2013), alongside supporting rich marine and terrestrial biodiversity (Sievers et al., 2019; Thompson and Rog, 2019) (Figure 1). Apart from these important ecosystem functions, goods and services, mangrove forests are home to a huge diversity of organisms with ecologically and evolutionarily unique adaptations to life in the intertidal zone, including vivipary and salt tolerance in trees, air-breathing in crabs and amphibious behavior in fish (mudskippers); this makes mangrove forests a dynamic and fascinating evolutionary laboratory.Citation
Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Ajonina, G. N., Amir, A. A., Andradi-Brown, D. A., Aziz, I., Balke, T., … Friess, D. A. (2020). Public Perceptions of Mangrove Forests Matter for Their Conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.603651Sponsors
Many thanks are due to Leo Thom (Mangrove Action Project) for assembling Figure 1. The authors acknowledge the 12 photographers of the photos indicated in the caption of Figure 1 and the numerous online posters of inspiring mangrove photographs and stories.Publisher
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceAdditional Links
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.603651/fullae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3389/fmars.2020.603651
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