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NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Abandoned Shrimp Pond Reforestation and Sustainable Development

dc.contributorCommunications Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorChinaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-20T19:42:11Z
dc.date.available2019-08-20T19:42:11Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/29518
dc.descriptionSince the 1980s, shrimp farming has emerged in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and South America. The construction of shrimp ponds has resulted in significant loss of coastal wetlands such as mangroves, seagrass beds and coastal marshes, resulting in ecosystem degradation, reduced biodiversity and many social problems. Since when, the construction of shrimp ponds has caused the disappearance of 1.4 million hectares of mangroves worldwide. Driven by economic interests, high-density farming leads to frequent illnesses, and shrimp ponds are often abandoned after a few years of use. Rehabilitating abandoned shrimp ponds, while recovering the structure and function of ecosystems, absorbing carbon dioxide, improving the livelihoods of local residents and practitioners, is related to the sustainable development of coastal areas. More than 50% area of a shrimp pond is suggested to be restored to mangroves or coastal marshes, some waters will be reserved. Crabs, shellfish, worms, etc. will be cultured under the forest, fish and shrimp will be cultured in the waters, making the shrimp ponds gradually restored to semi-natural ecosystems. The system will absorb greenhouse gases, and continuously produces ecological products, discharges eggs and larvae to the sea simultaneously. The system can be also used as an ecotourism destination.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUN Secretary General Climate Action Summiten_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectSHRIMPSen_US
dc.subjectREFORESTATIONen_US
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.subjectCOASTAL AREASen_US
dc.subjectWETLANDSen_US
dc.subjectMANGROVE SWAMPSen_US
dc.subjectECOSYSTEMSen_US
dc.titleNBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Abandoned Shrimp Pond Reforestation and Sustainable Developmenten_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Actionen_US
wd.tags Coastal and Marine Ecosystemsen_US
wd.topicsClimate changeen_US
wd.topicsEcosystemsen_US
wd.topicsOceans & seasen_US
wd.topicsSustainable Development Goalsen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber2. pen_US


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