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Source: The post is based on the article “Area under moderately dense mangroves fell in 10 years, shows data” published in Business Standard on 10th November 2022.
What is the News?
India has joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) which was launched at the 27th Conference of the Parties(COP27) in Egypt.
What are Mangroves?
What is the status of Mangroves cover?
Mangrove area Worldwide: Asia has the maximum share of mangrove area in the world.
– However, only North and Central America recorded growth in the mangrove area between 1999 and 2020.
Mangrove area: Mangrove area in India has recorded an increase of 7.07% in 2021.
– Among them, Moderately dense mangrove forests have reduced by 10.68% between 2011 and 2021.
– But the Very dense Mangrove forests and Open Mangrove forests have recorded a marginal increase of 5.13% and 27.14% respectively.
Highest forest cover under mangroves: Overall, West Bengal has the highest forest cover under mangroves among the nine states and three Union Territories.
– However, the area under mangroves in the state declined by 1.90% between 2011 and 2021.
Highest increase in mangrove cover: Andhra Pradesh has recorded the highest increase of 69.05% in moderately dense mangrove area between 2011 and 2021.
– Odisha recorded the highest increase of 95.35% in open mangrove area.
