Publisher : ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2017
Thematic : Coastal Biodiversity
Language : English
Note
A healthy coastal and marine environment is
of utmost importance to the ASEAN region to
ensure a renewable protein source for its steadily
growing population, currently estimated at 632
million and expected to increase to 800 million
in 2030 (UN, 2015). ASEAN hosts a third of the
world’s coastal and marine habitats that include
coral reefs, mangroves, estuaries, sandy and
rocky beaches, seagrass and seaweed beds,
and other soft bottom communities. These
habitats and their resident species provide
various forms of ecosystem services. They
provide breeding, nursing, and feeding grounds
for marine plants and animals, food (fish,
invertebrates, and seaweeds), and resources
important to livelihoods of coastal communities.
Carbon sequestration and storage (in mangrove
tree trunks and roots, seagrass, seaweeds,
and other algae), climate regulation, sediment
protection, and shoreline retention to buffer
coastal areas from storm surges, constitute
regulatory services. Coastal habitats maintain
nutrient cycles and provide media for the
exchange of genetic materials. These habitats
provide cultural services in the form of recreation
and tourism, education, research, and places of
worship.
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Keywords : Marine Biodiversity Records
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