Assessment of the impacts of community participation on the conservation of mangrove resources: A case study of Lindi district, Tanzania.
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Date
2001
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
The word mangrove refers either to the plants of tropical intertidal forest
communities or to the community itself (Semesi, 1991). Mangroves are trees and
bushes growing below the high - water level of spring tides (FAO, 1982).
"Mangrove" is a general term applied to an association of physiologically specialised
plants inhabiting muddy swamps, creeks, deltas and sheltered sea coasts periodically
inundated by tides (Banyikwa and Semesi, 1986). The trees are only one component
of the complex mangrove ecosystem, which includes associated bodies of water,
substrates as well as a variety of other plants, animals and micro-organisms (Semesi,
1986).
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Dissertation
Keywords
Mangrove resources, Community participation, Conservation of mangrove