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SUMMARY:Mangrove loss &amp\; Ecosystem Services - Dan Friess\, Assistant P
 rofessor\, Department of Geography\, National University of Singapore
DTSTART:20160205T130000Z
DTEND:20160205T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Coastal mangrove forests provide a range of important ecosyste
 m services to human populations\, though their provision is threatened as 
 mangrove extent continues to decline rapidly. This seminar will highlight 
 current research in Southeast Asia relating to mangrove ecosystem services
  and their stability in the face of ecosystem stressors. Mangroves in the 
 region are facing a variety of threats\, most immediately from direct land
  cover conversion for the production of agricultural commodities. Deforest
 ation in the region between 2000 and 2012 led to the loss of almost 100\,0
 00 ha of mangrove\, largely due to aquaculture\, rice and the recent (and 
 under-recognized) expansion of oil palm plantations in the coastal zone.\n
 \nMangroves also experience a range of indirect stressors\, ranging from p
 ollution to sea level rise\, with recent studies suggesting that a large p
 roportion of the region's mangroves are vulnerable to submergence by risin
 g seas before the end of this century. Ecosystem services could be used to
  arrest mangrove decline through mechanisms such as Payments for Ecosystem
  Services (PES)\, though their success depends on adequately controlling o
 r accounting for the diverse stressors acting upon the mangrove ecosystem.
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LOCATION:Hardy Building 101\, Department of Geography
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