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    India's natural vegetation ranges from rainforests to grasslands and houses diverse wildlife. Mangroves in India are coastal ecosystems with salt-tolerant plants that protect against storms, provide habitat for marine life, and support local livelihoods. While mangroves have commercial viability for activities like tourism and fishing, deforestation threatens these important ecosystems. Conservation efforts aim to preserve mangroves and the ecological services they provide.

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    India's natural vegetation ranges from rainforests to grasslands and houses diverse wildlife. Mangroves in India are coastal ecosystems with salt-tolerant plants that protect against storms, provide habitat for marine life, and support local livelihoods. While mangroves have commercial viability for activities like tourism and fishing, deforestation threatens these important ecosystems. Conservation efforts aim to preserve mangroves and the ecological services they provide.

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    India's natural vegetation ranges from rainforests to grasslands and houses diverse wildlife. Mangroves in India are coastal ecosystems with salt-tolerant plants that protect against storms, provide habitat for marine life, and support local livelihoods. While mangroves have commercial viability for activities like tourism and fishing, deforestation threatens these important ecosystems. Conservation efforts aim to preserve mangroves and the ecological services they provide.

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    NATURAL VEGETATION

    OF INDIA
    India's natural vegetation is diverse, from rainforests to grasslands, housing a
    variety of wildlife. Threats like deforestation prompt conservation efforts to
    protect these ecosystems.
    CONTENT
    MANGROVES IN INDIA
    The shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal
    saline water.

    CONTENT
    LOCATION OF MANGROVE
    The location of mangroves in India with the help of Google Earth

    CONTENT
    COMMERCIAL VIABILITY
    Mangroves in India are popular for making money
    through activities like tourism and fishing.

    CONTENT
    EFFECT OF DEFORESTATIO
    The effect of cutting down mangroves in India for various
    reasons like development or logging.

    CONTENT
    PRESENT FOREST COVER
    The present forest cover of mangroves in India

    CONTENT
    CONCLUSION
    The conclusion of the topic
    CONTENT
    Mangrove
    Mangroves in India are
    coastal ecosystems with salt-
    tolerant plants. They protect
    against storms, provide
    habitat for marine life, and
    support local livelihoods.
    Conservation efforts are on-
    going to preserve their
    ecological importance.
    GOOGLE EARTH LOCATION OF MANGROVES IN INDIA

    Gujarat Mangrove West Bengal & Sundarban Mangrove


    Odisha Mangrove

    Maharashtra Mangrove Andhra Pradesh Mangrove

    Karnataka Mangrove
    Andaman & Nicobar Mangrove
    Kerala Mangrove Tamil Nadu Mangrove
    COMMERCIAL VIABILITY

    Mangroves in India Mangroves


    have commercial Properly
    provide economic implemented low
    viability due to benefits through
    their economic to medium
    direct use value, intensity brackish
    goods and services, indirect use value,
    including materials water aquaculture
    and non-use in mangrove areas
    for fuel and value, including
    construction, could satisfy
    wildlife resources economic,
    fishing, food, and and marine
    shoreline erosion ecological, and
    fisheries benefits. social criteria.
    control.
    EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION

    Deforestation of Mangrove causes:

    Exposing of coastal areas Effect on life of people


    to increased effect during dependent on mangrove
    extreme weather events. for their livelihood.

    Loss of potential
    A decline in fish and pharmaceutical,
    marine population. effecting traditional
    medicine practices.

    Impacting the availability Disbalance in the


    of nutrients of terrestrial delicate balance of the
    and aquatic organisms. entire coastal ecosystem.
    THEN VS NOW FOREST COVER

    VS

    THEN NOW
    THE PRESENT FOREST COVER

    India has about 3% of the total mangrove cover in


    South Asia, which is about 40% of the world’s
    mangrove cover in South East Asia and South Asia.

    The mangrove cover in India has increased by 54 sq


    km (1.10%) as compared to the previous report.

    The current report shows that mangrove cover in the


    country is 4,975 sq km, which is 0.15% of the country’s
    total geographical area.

    West Bengal has the highest mangrove cover in India,


    accounting for 42% of the country’s mangrove cover,
    followed by Gujarat 23% and A&N Islands 12%.
    CONCLUSION

    Being a part of the It is crucial to take steps to


    Through the PPT we have Since mangroves are
    ecosystem, extension of protect and conserve these
    seen that there has been a commercially very viable,
    mangroves will create a valuable ecosystems. Let’s
    massive decrease in the we should protect them and
    disturbance in the ecosystem all do our part in protecting
    number of mangroves trees make use of the carefully
    and it will also affect the and restoring mangrove
    in India in the last several without extensive
    livelihood of people ecosystems for a better
    years. deforestation.
    associated and the marine future!
    population.

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