The last standing mangrove forest ecosystem southeast of the Niger Delta
Standing on the abandoned jetty at Iwuochang / Upenekang fishing beach in 1999 [Ibeno LGA, Akwa Ibom State] and looking across the Qua Iboe River [en-route the Atlantic Ocean] were strips of luxuriant mangrove vegetation all around the estuary. Surprisingly, 10 years later still standing on the same jetty and looking across the same River also, all the vegetation round about the estuary are now replaced by nipa palms with pockets of mangrove plants. The fear of the paper is that, there may be crash in fish supply from the coastal waters of Nigeria in the near future. The time to act is now and FISON must be pro-active in this coastal re-construction and re-habilitation. Nigeria’s coastal water is a ‘food-basket’; much should be done to protect and jealously cherish it ? else, it may be the last standing mangrove forest ecosystem southeast of the Niger delta.
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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FISON
2010
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| Subjects: | Ecology, Fisheries, Nigeria, Akwa Ibom, brackishwater environment, Brackishwater environment, Mangroves, Fishery development, Fishery management, Mangrove swamps, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/38160 |
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