Gaining a true insight into the value of man-groves to fisheries at a large scale is there-fore a significant challenge. There are very few studies out there, but their numbers are surprising â several sites from the USA, Japan, Vietnam, India, and Malaysia which are âmangrove onlyâ are attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Published Values of Mangrove Ecosystem Services. About Coastal Resilience Coastal Resilience is a global network of practitioners who are applying an approach and web-based mapping tool designed to help communities understand their ⦠Some ecosystem services were valued multiple times between 2007 and 2016 (Table 5). We also investigate possible interaction effects between type of service and GDP per capita. The study, Valuing The Flood Risk Reduction Benefits of Floridaâs Mangroves, led by a team of scientists from the engineering, insurance, and conservation sectors, concludes that mangroves in Florida prevented US $1.5 billion in direct flood damages and protected over half a million people during Hurricane ⦠In the region, consumptive use value is demonstrated by inhabitants, in the harvesting of wood for construction or repair of houses, firewood or charcoal, seafood, leaves or seeds of the nipah, etc. Mangrove forests absorb up to four times more carbon per hectare than other ⦠It also describes the world's mangrove resources and products, in terms of their economical importance, medicinal values ⦠Mangrove forests are incredibly important ecosystems. The values represent the difference in annual expected damages in US $ millions with and without mangroves per 100 km of coast. This review examines the recent investigations on the biological activities of extracts and chemicals identified from mangroves (mangroves, mangrove minors and mangal associates). Our findings indicate that mangroves exhibit decreasing returns to scale, that GDP per capita has a positive effect on mangrove values and that using the replacement cost and contingent valuation methods produce higher ⦠Food, raw materials, moderating extreme events, erosion ⦠The establishment of protected areas is a main policy tool to conserve mangrove forests and their services and benefits, and to prevent further mangrove ⦠Non-use values include existence and bequest values of mangroves. Camels, goats, sheep and water buffalo are fed leaves of mangroves in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Persian Gulf to Red Sea ⦠To gain a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge of mangrove fisheries values and to support a longer-term effort to model and map mangrove fisheries values (see Hutchison et al. It describes how people have and are using mangroves on a traditional basis. mangroves are still considered by some as having little value (Dahdouh-Guebas et al. Mangroves are pivotal coastal ecosystems and play a key role in weathering climate change impacts such as storms, hurricanes, and tsunamis while mitigating its causes. 2015, Authors published mangrove ecosystem service values consistently over time between 2007 and 2016. The value of mangroves in carbon sequestration is higher than terrestrial forests. One key next step is going to be to think about how we value the mangrove work. 2005). In a study from 2014, mangrove forests were found to provide ecosystem services (benefits to humans) valued at $194,000 per hectare annually.Today is International Mangrove Day and here are just a few reasons we should care about mangroves â and invest â¦