World Atlas of Mangroves: Mark Spalding, Mami Kainuma and Lorna Collins (eds)

摘要

The World Atlas of Mangroves (first edition Spalding et al. 1997, then entitled World Mangrove Atlas) is a classic masterpiece. Despite some shortcomings outlined below, this second edition is a must-have publication for every mangrove ecologist, conservation biologist or policy-maker working within or adjacent to mangrove ecosystems. As the title indicates, the World Atlas of Mangroves details the world distribution of mangroves along with a comprehensive overview at country level, a description of the situation in each country and an annex with country and mangrovestatistics. The book has also a number of boxes on particular topics of interest written by mangrove experts, such as the coastal protection against tsunamis by mangroves on the Indian mainland (K. Kathiresan), or the Nicobar and Andaman Islands (M.V. Reddy). The distribution maps, the country fact sheets and the information provided as annexes are much improved over the first edition.