The Use of Mangrove Areas in Thailand

The use of mangrove in the mangrove area of ​​Thailand is a forest with salt water and fresh water along the coastline and estuary. They are influenced by the tide. Mangroves require warm currents, so they are often seen near the equator. They are also restricted to the high humidity climate between the north cancer tropics and the southern cancer tropics. Humans use mangroves in various ways. First of all, they use mangrove herbs and medicines.

In the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster that occurred in December 2004, interest in planting Asian mangrove areas in deteriorated and deforested forests improved to improve coastal protection. According to evidence from Thailand, concerns about mangrove deforestation in shrimp farming suggest that many coastal families are important motivators for participation in mangrove recovery. However, successful reconstruction and management of mangroves as effective coastal barriers requires the development of new institutions and policies, and the involvement of coastal communities of Thailand and other Indian Ocean countries in the protection and protection of local mangroves .

Mangrove ecosystems are essential for the diversity of marine organisms and freshwater creatures, enabling the growth and production of fish, shrimp larvae, crabs. Shrimp farming in Thailand has been carried out in Thailand for more than 60 years but it has become a major threat to mangrove and from the 1970s to the 1990s the coastal shrimp fish farming industry has grown economically markedly by the Thai government's encouragement It was. One of the effects of shrimp farming is the discharge of waste to mangroves, which has a harmful effect on vegetation. Consumption of biodiversity in the shrimp farm and its surrounding areas is also important. Because the number of mangroves declines rapidly in combination with other threats such as overfishing.

In the coastal areas of the world, habitats and ecosystems are changing to accommodate fish farms. Mangroves, complex ecosystems lined along Thailand, Vietnam, coastlines of China and coastlines of other countries were destroyed for the construction of shrimp and fish farms (other projects). These wetlands help to alleviate the effects of hurricanes, cyclones and tsunamis; the loss of the coastal wetlands of the Mississippi Delta is thought to have caused a great deal of damage from Hurricane Katrina. Other agricultural areas are also affected. The World Resources Institute says, "About half of the land used in Thai shrimp pond is currently being used for paddy fields, and the groundwater level in some coastal areas is greatly increased by the use of the shrimp farm pond water. It decreased. "