Importance of Mangroves to Human Well-being

Abstract

Mangroves and their associated biodiversity help to deliver important goods and services that play a critical role in supporting human well-being through climate regulation, food security and poverty reduction. This review focuses on importance of mangroves to human with respect to: (i) definition; (ii) categories; (iii) provisioning services; (iv) regulating and supporting services; (v) recreational, spiritual and cultural services and (vi) quantifying mangrove values. The study recommends protection and sustainable management of remaining mangrove ecosystems, successful restoration using sound scientific protocols and to allocate mangrove resources to improve human well-being.