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Mangrove conversion and brackishwater pond culture in the Philippines
(Asian Wetland Bureau; Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, 1992)
Around 50% of mangrove loss in the Philippines can be traced to brackishwater pond construction. The decrease in mangroves from 450 000 ha in 1920 to 132 500 ha in 1990 has been accompanied by expansion of culture ponds ...
Using mangroves for aquaculture - Why should we?
(Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), 2011)
Although brackishwater ponds have been a major factor in mangrove loss in Southeast Asia where aquaculture is centuries-old, the “No Touch option” for mangroves is a luxury that most countries in the region cannot afford. ...
Series: VLIZ Special Publication; 57
A lifetime of mangrove research, management and advocacy
(Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), 2012)
Apart from a decade of undergraduate teaching, my professional life has been directly or tangentially devoted to mangrove issues. Strife in my native Mindanao pushed my family and me to the peace and quiet of Panay Is. in ...
Paradigm shifts in mangrove rehabilitation in Southeast Asia: Focus on the Philippines
(Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (DENR-ERDB), 2014)
Mangrove rehabilitation has a long history in the Philippines dating back to the 1930s. The standard practice is the planting of bakhaw Rhizophora propagules by paid community members (or volunteers) in seafront sites ...
Shrimp farming in the Asia-Pacific: environment and trade issues and regional cooperation
(Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, 1995)
Production of farmed shrimp has grown at the phenomenal rate of 20-30% per year in the last two decades. The leading shrimp producers are in the Asia-Pacific region while the major markets are in Japan, the U.S.A. and ...
Comparative strategies in community-based mangrove rehabilitation programs in the Philippines
(United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation; Japanese Man and the Biosphere National Committee; Mangrove Ecosystem Research Centre, 1997)
Philippine Mangroves have decreased from around 500,000 ha at the turn of the century to 132,000 ha in 1990. Given the varied and important socioeconomic and ecological functions of mangroves including harvest of forestry ...
Aquasilviculture trials in mangroves in Aklan province, Panay Island, central Philippines
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2000)
To integrate production of crabs and shrimp with mangrove conservation, the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department initiated studies on Mangrove-Friendly Aquaculture (MFA). Culture pens and ponds in old growth and newly regenerating ...
Development and sustainability of Philippine aquaculture
(Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, 2006)
Aquaculture plays a predominant role in the Philippines, an archipelago of 7,150 islands with 36,300 km of coastline, 26.6 million ha of coastal waters, and 250,000 ha of lakes, rivers and reservoirs over which are spread ...