Overview
- Broadens the understanding of coastal environments in western and central Africa
- Focuses on new data on estuaries and mangrove ecosystems along West Africa’s coast
- Among other topics, looks at mangrove carbon stocks, delta shorelines, pollution assessment, sustainable management
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Estuaries of the World (EOTW)
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The main estuaries and deltas of West and Central Africa region provide a variety of goods and services to its coastal population. The most important of them are related to critical fish habitat, wood and charcoal from mangroves, as well as space for agriculture, aquaculture, urban development, tourism and transport.
Particular emphasis has been made in this book on mangroves that play a significant role in terms of flood control, groundwater replenishment, coastline stabilization and protection against storms. They also retain sediments and nutrients, purify water, and provide critical carbon storage. Such hydrological and ecological functions explain the focus on serving mangrove ecosystems and the nearby communities, which draw significant income from fishing, rice production, tourism, salt extraction and other activities such as harvesting honey and medicinal plants, hence the need for preserving mangrove ecosystems to ensure sustainability of the estuaries and deltas of West and Central Africa region.
The book has a foreword by Mr. Achim Steiner, United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UNEP who is stating that credible and up-to-date information is essential for the public at large but more specifically for scientists, researchers, managers, decision-makers all working together in order to safeguard, protect and sustainably manage estuaries, deltas and lagoons, and the coastal and ocean waters of Western and Central Africa.
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Book Title: The Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa
Editors: Salif Diop, Jean-Paul Barusseau, Cyr Descamps
Series Title: Estuaries of the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06388-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06387-4Published: 24 June 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34837-7Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06388-1Published: 02 June 2014
Series ISSN: 2214-1553
Series E-ISSN: 2214-1561
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 210
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 122 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Nature Conservation