Threats to the Sonneratia Caselaoris

In spite of its benefits, the SC specifically and the mangroves generally is facing a decrease at an alarming speed.

The reasons are named below:

• The world population has been increasing, which causes a stress on living space.

• Economic benefits from transfering mangrove forests to artifical shrimp ponds, or other aquaculture things. Chemical fertilizers from shrimp farming spoil the land and water.

• Other economic benefits such as wood & fruit exploitation are for other productions.

• Tourism industry is also identified as a factor to threaten the growth and maintenance of the mangrove forests.

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