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  • Public Perceptions of Mangrove Forests Matter for Their Conservation

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    Author(s)
    Dahdouh-Guebas, F
    Ajonina, GN
    Amir, AA
    Andradi-Brown, DA
    Aziz, I
    Balke, T
    Barbier, EB
    Cannicci, S
    Cragg, SM
    Cunha-Lignon, M
    Curnick, DJ
    Duarte, CM
    Duke, NC
    Lee, SY
    et al.
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    Lee, Joe Y.
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    Iconic species and landscapes attract public attention to help reverse the degradation of ecosystems and their biodiversity (Thompson and Rog, 2019); sharing their images on social media can act as a powerful way to influence perceptions and drive positive actions by the public (Wu et al., 2018). Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have been used to great effect to communicate the urgency required to halt and reverse tropical forest loss (Lamb et al., 2005) and the plight of coral reefs (Curnock et al., 2019). Ecosystems such as seagrass meadows, mudflats, and mangrove forests receive substantially ...
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    Iconic species and landscapes attract public attention to help reverse the degradation of ecosystems and their biodiversity (Thompson and Rog, 2019); sharing their images on social media can act as a powerful way to influence perceptions and drive positive actions by the public (Wu et al., 2018). Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have been used to great effect to communicate the urgency required to halt and reverse tropical forest loss (Lamb et al., 2005) and the plight of coral reefs (Curnock et al., 2019). Ecosystems such as seagrass meadows, mudflats, and mangrove forests receive substantially less media exposure (Duarte et al., 2008). Yet these under-recognized ecosystems are hugely important for local and global societies, providing benefits such as shoreline protection (Barbier, 2016), fisheries (Carrasquilla-Henao and Juanes, 2017), carbon capture and storage (Duarte et al., 2013), alongside supporting rich marine and terrestrial biodiversity (Sievers et al., 2019; Thompson and Rog, 2019) (Figure 1). Apart from these important ecosystem functions, goods and services, mangrove forests are home to a huge diversity of organisms with ecologically and evolutionarily unique adaptations to life in the intertidal zone, including vivipary and salt tolerance in trees, air-breathing in crabs and amphibious behavior in fish (mudskippers); this makes mangrove forests a dynamic and fascinating evolutionary laboratory.
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    Journal Title
    Frontiers in Marine Science
    Volume
    7
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.603651
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    © 2020 Dahdouh-Guebas, Ajonina, Amir, Andradi-Brown, Aziz, Balke, Barbier, Cannicci, Cragg, Cunha-Lignon, Curnick, Duarte, Duke, Endsor, Fratini, Feller, Fromard, Hugé, Huxham, Kairo, Kajita, Kathiresan, Koedam, Lee, Lin, Mackenzie, Mangora, Marchand, Meziane, Minchinton, Pettorelli, Polanía, Polgar, Poti, Primavera, Quarto, Rog, Satyanarayana, Schaeffer-Novelli, Spalding, Van der Stocken, Wodehouse, Yong, Zimmer and Friess. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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    Oceanography
    Ecology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/400404
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