Along the Asian coastlines there are many areas where rural communities experience alarming rates of sea level rises due to land subsidence up to 10 cm per year. This causes tremendous challenges on how to live there and protect these coasts.
Unfortunately, precisely in these rural densely populated Asian regions, mangroves have in the past been cleared to free up land for other uses such as aquaculture. This has made these coasts vulnerable to rapid erosion. Restoring mangroves seems a logical solution to reverse this process and protect these densely populated coastlines. However, this requires understanding if mangroves can cope with extreme rates of relative sea level rises, as experienced in these subsiding areas.
A house in a coastal village during a high tide. The pavement and driveway to the house are flooded. The house remains dry because the residents have raised the ground floor by several tens of centimetres over the past few years. Credit: Silke Tas.and attenuating waves moving to the coast. Such protection will however only work if there is enough mangrove forest to do the job.
"This glimpse in the future has only been possible because of the unique international and interdisciplinary collaboration," says professor Tjeerd Bouma from NIOZ and Utrecht University. This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.
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