Is Matang Mangrove Forest in Malaysia sustainably rejuvenating after more than a century of conservation and harvesting management?

Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve (MMFR) in Peninsular Malaysia is under systematic management since 1902 and still considered as the best managed mangrove forest in the world. The present study on silvimetrics assessed the ongoing MMFR forest management, which includes a first thinning after 15 years,...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-08, Vol.9 (8), p.e105069-e105069
Main Authors: Goessens, Arnaud, Satyanarayana, Behara, Van der Stocken, Tom, Quispe Zuniga, Melissa, Mohd-Lokman, Husain, Sulong, Ibrahim, Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Biomass
Clear cutting
Clearcutting
Climate change
Conservation
Conservation of Natural Resources
Density
Earth Sciences
Ecology
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Forest conservation
Forest management
Forest reserves
Forestry
Forests
Harvesting
Laboratories
Malaysia
Mangroves
Oceanography
Parameter estimation
Plant biology
Protection and preservation
Rainforests
Residential density
Rhizophora apiculata
Studies
Sustainable forestry
Sustainable practices
Thinning
Trees
Vegetation
Wood
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Summary:Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve (MMFR) in Peninsular Malaysia is under systematic management since 1902 and still considered as the best managed mangrove forest in the world. The present study on silvimetrics assessed the ongoing MMFR forest management, which includes a first thinning after 15 years, a second thinning after 20 years and clear-felling of 30-year old forest blocks, for its efficiency and productivity in comparison to natural mangroves. The estimated tree structural parameters (e.g. density, frequency) from three different-aged mangrove blocks of fifteen (MF15), twenty (MF20), and thirty (MF30) years old indicated that Bruguiera and Excoecaria spp. did not constitute a significant proportion of the vegetation (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0105069