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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. Mitra, Mangrove Forests in India,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20595-9_1
Chapter 1
Ecosystem Services of Mangroves:
An Overview
Abstract The concept of ecosystem services has become an important model for
linking the functioning of ecosystems to societal benefits. Lot of works have been
done on the valuation methods, data and classification systems for ecosystem services of terrestrial ecosystems compared to the mangrove ecosystems in the coastal
and estuarine regions of the world. Peer review literature on global economic valuations of coastal forest like mangrove ecosystems, sea grass ecosystems is rather
limited. The valuation method for mangrove ecosystem services has not been standardized fully. Economist generally divide the total economic value of mangrove
into three major groups namely (i) Direct use value (ii) Indirect use value and (iii)
Non-use value. Direct use values refer to consumptive and non-consumptive uses
that encompass physical interaction with the mangroves and their services e.g., revenues generated from fishery, timber, fuel wood, fodder, honey, wax, and recreation.
Indirect use values include regulatory ecological functions like flood control, storm
protection, nutrient retention and erosion control. Non-use values include existence
and bequest values of mangroves. This chapter has critically scanned the different
types of ecosystem services offered by mangroves with special reference to Indian
mangrove forests.
Keywords Ecosystem services · Mangroves · Direct use value · Indirect use value
· Non-use value
The concept of ecosystem services has become an important model for linking the
functioning of ecosystems to societal benefits. With the progress of civilization,
human beings have attempted to depend on nature for the supply of items like food,
timber, fuel wood, fiber etc. (Foley et al. 2005; Kareiva et al. 2007; Monfreda et al.
2008; Ramankutty et al. 2008). In coastal areas and islands, people are depending
on mangroves for procuring fishes, honey, fodder, timber, wax etc. However these
attempts have been masked as nature simultaneously generate multiple ecosystem
services that interrelate in complex dynamic ways (Peterson et al. 2003; Chan et al.
2006; Rodriguez et al. 2006; Brauman et al. 2007). It has been found that the scale
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. Mitra, Mangrove Forests in India,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20595-9_1
Chapter 1
Ecosystem Services of Mangroves:
An Overview
Abstract The concept of ecosystem services has become an important model for
linking the functioning of ecosystems to societal benefits. Lot of works have been
done on the valuation methods, data and classification systems for ecosystem services of terrestrial ecosystems compared to the mangrove ecosystems in the coastal
and estuarine regions of the world. Peer review literature on global economic valuations of coastal forest like mangrove ecosystems, sea grass ecosystems is rather
limited. The valuation method for mangrove ecosystem services has not been standardized fully. Economist generally divide the total economic value of mangrove
into three major groups namely (i) Direct use value (ii) Indirect use value and (iii)
Non-use value. Direct use values refer to consumptive and non-consumptive uses
that encompass physical interaction with the mangroves and their services e.g., revenues generated from fishery, timber, fuel wood, fodder, honey, wax, and recreation.
Indirect use values include regulatory ecological functions like flood control, storm
protection, nutrient retention and erosion control. Non-use values include existence
and bequest values of mangroves. This chapter has critically scanned the different
types of ecosystem services offered by mangroves with special reference to Indian
mangrove forests.
Keywords Ecosystem services · Mangroves · Direct use value · Indirect use value
· Non-use value
The concept of ecosystem services has become an important model for linking the
functioning of ecosystems to societal benefits. With the progress of civilization,
human beings have attempted to depend on nature for the supply of items like food,
timber, fuel wood, fiber etc. (Foley et al. 2005; Kareiva et al. 2007; Monfreda et al.
2008; Ramankutty et al. 2008). In coastal areas and islands, people are depending
on mangroves for procuring fishes, honey, fodder, timber, wax etc. However these
attempts have been masked as nature simultaneously generate multiple ecosystem
services that interrelate in complex dynamic ways (Peterson et al. 2003; Chan et al.
2006; Rodriguez et al. 2006; Brauman et al. 2007). It has been found that the scale