Mangroves of Ecuador

Abstract:

Between the 1970s and 1990s, Ecuador lost 27.6% of its mangrove forest, mainly due to the shrimp industry and urban expansion. In response to these threats to mangroves, Ecuador developed several strategies, including the creation of protected areas and the Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements for the Mangrove Ecosystem (AUSCEM), also called “mangrove concessions.” More than 10,000 families on the Ecuadorian coast rely on mangroves as their main livelihood, especially the extraction of black shell (Anadara tuberculosa) and red crab (Ucides occidentalis). This strategy of conservation and sustainable use of the mangrove is so important that it protects 42.86% of the mangrove, almost the same extension as the protected areas (45.15%). The first mangrove concessions were signed in 2000 in the province of El Oro, located in southern Ecuador. This chapter includes an analysis of the management …

Año de publicación:

2022

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