Mangrove forest conservation and development planning in Nghe An – Vietnam  Nguyen Huu Nghia Aquatic Environmental and Disease Monitoring Center Research Institute for Aquaculture No1 (RIA1) Dinh Bang - Tu Son - Bac Ninh - Vietnam Tel: +84 4 878 0102 Fax: +84 4 878 5748 Mobile: +84 913 055 531 Email: nghia@ria1.org ABSTRACT Mangrove forest is an important ecosystem in tropical coastal areas as living places, nursery areas of fish species, water birds, migrating birds and some kinds of land animals such as monkeys, crocodiles, forest pigs and weasels. It supplies many kinds of valuable forest product. In addition, mangrove forests helping to remove air pollution, limit coastal erosion, and protection from saline water intrusion, storms. There is a close relationship between humans and mangrove forest because 90% of fisheries products come from there. Mangrove forest areas can be used for aquaculture development, which brings a high economic return and a valuable exporting resource. However, mangroves are a sensitive ecosystem and are easily disturbed by human activities and natural impacts. Before the situation of mangrove forest areas deteriorate, authorities, organizations and local people have put much effort into restoring the forest in these areas. One of these projects is “Mangrove forest conservation and development planning in Nghe An province”, carried out by the VIE/97/030 Project and Nghe An Fisheries Department. The results can be summarized as: Nghe An has total 819.6 ha of mangrove forest, accordingly, by district are Quynh Luu 343.8 ha, Dien Chau 260 ha, Nghi Loc 160 ha and Vinh 55.8 ha. Newly planned planting areas encompass 254.4 ha. There is a very high species diversity in the mangrove forests of Nghe An, with 39 species belonging to 19 different families being identified. In general, mangrove species distribution is Rhizophora stylosa, Kandelia candel, Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Avicennia marina and Sonneratia caseolaris. The application of Remote Sensing and GIS in data collection, data analyzing and constructing planning maps brought excellent results. Current maps and planning maps were built with the scale of 1:10,000. The project also developed planning implementation, conservation and development guidelines to accord suitably with local conditions. 1. BACKGROUND Mangrove forest is an important ecosystem in tropical coastal areas as living places, nursery areas of fish species, water birds, migrating birds and some kinds of land animals such as monkeys, crocodiles, forest pigs and weasels. It supplies many kinds of valuable forest product. In addition, mangrove forests helping to remove air pollution, limit coastal erosion, and protection from saline water intrusion, storms. There is a close relationship between humans and mangrove forest because 90% of fisheries products come from there. Mangrove forest areas can be used for aquaculture development, which brings a high economic return and a valuable exporting resource. However, mangroves are a sensitive ecosystem and are easily disturbed by human activities and natural impacts. Before the situation of mangrove forest areas deteriorate, authorities, organizations and local people have put much effort into restoring the forest in these areas. One of these projects is “Mangrove forest conservation and development planning in Nghe An province”, carried out by the VIE/97/030 Project and Nghe An Fisheries Department.
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