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Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability

dc.contributor.authorPrimavera, Jurgenne H.
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-08T03:07:06Z
dc.date.available2019-02-08T03:07:06Z
dc.date.issued2007-08-02
dc.identifier.citationPrimavera, J. H. (2007, August 2). Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability. The Philippine Star, pp. B-6, B-7.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/4166
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Star Printing Co., Inc.en
dc.titleMangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainabilityen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleThe Philippine Staren
dc.citation.firstpageB-6en
dc.citation.lastpageB-7en
local.subject.classificationPS20070802_B-6en
local.descriptionMy earliest training was in zoology, and when I began studying the taxonomy of mangroves, I found the diversity of these habitats challenging. On a trip to the Mai Po, Hong Kong, mangroves in 1993, experts from Thailand and Vietnam effortlessly called off the scientific names of mangrove species—Avicennia marina, Kandelia candel, Aegiceras corniculatum, etc. Feeling ignorant, I vowed to master the Indo-Pacific species of mangroves. Indeed it took me 10 years to write and publish, with UNESCO support, the Handbook of Mangroves in the Philippines—Panay, which came out last year. The diversity of mangroves and their wide distribution in the archipelago in the past are reflected in the names of many coastal towns and villages. The name of the country's premier city, Manila, derives from Maynilad, meaning there is nilad, referring to the mangrove Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea, which grew profusely along Manila Bay in pre-Hispanic times.en
local.subject.corporatenameUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)en
local.subject.scientificnameAvicennia marinaen
local.subject.scientificnameKandelia candelen
local.subject.scientificnameAegiceras corniculatumen
local.subject.scientificnameScyphiphora hydrophyllaceaen
dc.subject.agrovoczoologyen
dc.subject.agrovoctaxonomyen
dc.subject.agrovocmangrovesen
dc.subject.agrovocmangrove conservationen
dc.subject.agrovoclivelihoodsen
dc.subject.agrovocsediment trapsen
dc.subject.agrovocRiver dischargeen
dc.subject.agrovocanthropogenic factorsen
dc.subject.agrovocoverexploitationen
dc.subject.agrovocbrackishwater aquacultureen
dc.subject.agrovocpond cultureen
dc.subject.agrovocmilkfish cultureen
dc.subject.agrovocwetlandsen
dc.subject.agrovocenvironmental legislationen
dc.subject.agrovocaquacultureen
dc.subject.agrovocRiver banksen
dc.subject.agrovocenvironmental protectionen
dc.subject.agrovoccoastal zone managementen
dc.subject.agrovocScientific personnelen


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