Mangrove Protection habitat against

natural disaster

Shweta Mahankar
FMSC2324002
Sem-2 Paper – 4( Elective)
 WHAT ARE MANGROVE

MANGROVES ARE TROPICAL PLANTS

THAT ARE ADAPTED TO LOOSE, WET
SOILS, SALT WATER AND BEING
PERIODICALLY SUBMERGED BY TIDES.
TYPES OF MANGROVE
 MANGROVE PROTECTION
• MANGROVE PROTECTION MEANS SAFEGUARDING MANGROVE FORESTS FROM
HARM OR DESTRUCTION THROUGH VARIOUS CONSERVATION MEASURES LIKE
LAWS, RESTORATION EFFORTS, AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
• MANGROVE PROTECTION IS KEEPING MANGROVE FORESTS SAFE FROM HARM
OR DAMAGE BY TAKING ACTIONS LIKE PRESERVING THEIR HABITATS, STOPPING
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, AND EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR
IMPORTANCE.ENESS CAMPAIGNS.
 MANGROVE PROTECTS FROM
FLOOD
• WAVE ATTENUATION:
• A REDUCTION IN THE ENERGY OF A TRAVELING WAVE
DENSE NETWORK OF ROOTS, TRUNKS, AND BRANCHES
• CREATE FRICTION -SLOWING DOWN - INCOMING WAVES
• REDUCES WAVES HEIGHT-FORCE SIGNIFICANTLY-COASTLINE
• REDUCE WAVE ENERGY BY UP TO 66% IN THE FIRST 100 METERS
 MANGROVE PROTECTION FROM FLOOD
• STROM SURGE BUFFER
• PHYSICAL BARRIERS:
• WIDE MANGROVE FORESTS ACT AS A PHYSICAL OBSTACLE,
• IMPEDING THE PROGRESS OF STORM SURGES
• THE RISE IN SEA LEVEL CAUSED BY STORMS.
• THIS REDUCES THE SURGE’S REACH AND MINIMIZES
• THE AMOUNT OF FLOODWATER INUNDATING COASTAL AREAS.
 MANGROVE PROTECTS FROM CYCLONES
Reduce flooding-
The dense network of mangrove roots and trunks
acts like a buffer
Reduce wave energy by up to two-thirds in the first
100 meters of forest width.
This weakens the impact of the surge on reaching
the coast.

Sediment stabilization:
The root structure of mangroves also helps trap

Stabilize sediment, preventing coastal erosion

caused by the powerful winds and waves of a
cyclone.

This protects coastlines and infrastructure.

 MANGROVE PROTECTS FROM TSUNAMINES
• ENERGY ABSORPTION –
• DENSE MANGROVE ROOTS AND TANGLED BRANCHES ACT LIKE A BUFFER,
• ABSORBING THE ENERGY OF INCOMING WAVES
• AND REDUCING THEIR HEIGHT AND FORCE.
• THIS WEAKENS THE TSUNAMI BEFORE IT REACHES LAND.
• WAVE DEFLEUTION –
• MANGROVES CAN DEFLECT THE DIRECTION OF THE WAVE
• GUIDING IT AWAY FROM DIRECTLY HITTING THE COAST
• THIS CAN HELP REDUCE FLOODING AND PROPERTY DAMAGE
 MANGROVE PROTECTION AS TSUNAMINES
• SEDIMENT TRAPPING:
• THE ROOT SYSTEMS OF MANGROVES TRAP SEDIMENT
• HELPS BUILD UP THE COASTLINE
• CREATE A SHALLOWER SLOPE.
• THIS SHALLOWER AREA FURTHER REDUCES THE POWER OF THE TSUNAMI
• THE WAVE DISSIPATES ITS ENERGY OVER A GREATER DISTANCE.
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