The Present Situation and Protection of Mangrove in Ningde,Fujian Province

A systematic investigation on coastal wetland and mangrove resources in Ningde Municipality was conducted during the period from August to October in 2005, the investigation found that there were abundant coastal wetland and mangrove resources in the municipality, with 93.2 ha of Kandelia candel. The region is an important distribution of mangrove forest in Fujian province. However, the investigation also revealed the tendency of declining area of mangrove forest with decreasing proportion of natural mangrove trees and increasing proportion of planted trees and the tendency of declining stand quality, stand closure, tree height, management intensity and tree age. It was found that the area of mangrove forest was only about 13% of that at the end of 1970s. Fore this reason, it is urgent to rescue the wetland and mangrove forest by lawmaking on protection of wetlands and mangrove forest, formulating and implementing a plan of protection, restoration and development of mangrove forest, improving the success of tree planting and tendering.