Mangroves- the coastal

border security force

Dr. M. Jayakara Bhandary

Government College

Karwar

•ECOLOGICALLY

UNIQUE PLANTS

• SHORE PROTECTION

• BREEDING GROUND

FOR FISHERY RESOURCES

• NUTRITION

• LOCAL NEEDS

Aerial roots of mangroves

Mangrove trees fringing the river bank

MANGROVES

Mangrove ecology

Global distribution of mangroves

Mangrove views…

Mangrove root systems

Ecotourism potential..

MANGROVE SEEDLINGS

ESTUARIES-Highly productive ecosystems

Aghanashini…..

Shell fish – 5 crores

Shell mining-5000 tonnes

Lowland rice – 3.5 crores14 rivers…

VIEW OF KALI ESTURY FROM GUDDALLI

Estuarine/Mangrove Flora

Acrstichum aureum, Avicennia spp.

Aegiceros corniculatum, Acanthus ilicifolius

Bruguiera spp. Cerbera odollum

Excoecaria agallocha, Kandelia candel

Lumnitzera racemosa, Sonneratia spp.

Rhizophora spp. , Clerodendrum inerme

Calophyllum inophyllum, Derris spp.

Thespesia populnea, Pandanus spp.

Vitex negundo

Mangrove diversity…..

Aegiceras corniculatum

Lumnitzera racemosa

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

Excoecaria agallocha

Acrostichum aureum

(Mangrove fern)

Mangrove associatesMangrove associates

Dolichandrone spathaceae

Caesalpina crista

Derris spp.

Clerodendrum sp.

Premna sp.

Pongamia sp.

Cyperus sp.

Canavalia sp.

Dalbergia sp.

Prawns – 80 spp.

Crabs/Lobsters – 15 spp.

Bivalves – 20 spp.

Cephalopods – 8 spp.

Gastropods – 15 spp. Sea cucumbers – 12 sp.

Fin fish – 200 spp. Sharks – 60 spp.

Skates – 10 spp. Rays – 20 spp.

Estuarine/marine

fauna……

Scillago sp.

(Kane)

Devastating Tsunami…

THREATSTHREATS…………Deforestation /

Private ownership

Sand/Shell mining

Prawn Farming /

Ghazni conversion

Tourism activities

Mangrove destruction..

SAVE US……..

…WE SAVE YOUR COASTLINE