How can tourism protect & promote mangroves?

Kevin Phun passes a sustainability lens over concerns about mangrove forests to determine what it would take for our travel & tourism industry to be a responsible contributor to protecting and restoring them. It’s his third “Good Tourism” Insight.

Mangroves are important to coastal communities. They shield them from the worst effects of strong winds, tidal surges, and even tsunamis. A source of livelihood for some of the world’s poorest people, mangroves provide food and construction materials, including rattan used for furniture.

Mangrove forests are also a permanent habitat for diverse flora and fauna, an essential nursery for valuable seafood species, and an important pit stop for migratory birds.

Not only are we directly and indirectly reliant on mangroves, many of us like to relax and recreate in coastal regions and along waterways where mangroves thrive. It will come as no surprise then that humans generally, and the travel & tourism industry specifically, represent both a threat and an opportunity to our important mangroves.

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