Ecosystem Services of Mangroves: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Contemporary Scientific Literature

Kanika Bimrah, Rajarshi Dasgupta (), Shizuka Hashimoto, Izuru Saizen and Shalini Dhyani
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Kanika Bimrah: Laboratory of Regional Planning, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8501, Japan
Rajarshi Dasgupta: Integrated Sustainability Centre (ISC), Institute of Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama 240-0015, Japan
Shizuka Hashimoto: Integrated Sustainability Centre (ISC), Institute of Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama 240-0015, Japan
Izuru Saizen: Laboratory of Regional Planning, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8501, Japan
Shalini Dhyani: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur 440 020, India

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: The paper narrates a systematic literature review on ‘’mangrove ecosystem services’’ to identify their typology, distribution, and utilization within the contemporary scientific literature. We performed a systematic review of 76 research articles derived from the Scopus database, and the dataset was scrutinized and classified against the four major categories of ecosystem services, namely provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services, as per the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005). We attempted to determine the existing state of the interconnectedness of mangrove ecosystem services by mapping the potential synergies and trade-offs. Further, an attempt was made to understand the critical linkages between mangrove ecosystem services and their contribution to the localization/achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The results suggest disproportionate distribution of scientific literature, where nearly 56 of the studies were concentrated in Asia. The recognition of regulating the services of mangroves, particularly in carbon storage and disaster risk reduction, outnumbered the other types of ecosystem services. In particular, studies related to mangroves’ cultural ecosystem services remain underrepresented. The results show a strong correlation in terms of synergies between the coastal protection ecosystem services and the high carbon sequestration ability of mangroves; and the trade-off between facilitating water transport services and the provision of fresh water. Of the 17 SDGs, three SDGs, namely, SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production), SDG 13 (climate action), and SDG 14 and 15 (life below water and life on land) showed close interrelationships with the existing database. As such, the results are beneficial for coastal planners to better integrate and mainstream mangrove ecosystem services into coastal and regional planning, by maximizing synergies, encouraging the involvement of coastal communities as well as elaborating ameliorative adaptive measures.

Keywords: mangroves; ecosystem services; synergies and trade-off; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); bibliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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