The use of mangroves as a travel and tourism destination has not received much attention,
but provides a high-value, low impact use of these important ecosystems. This work …

The ecosystem services concept provides both an analytical and communicative tool to
identify and quantify the link between human welfare and the environment, and thus to …

Sediments are important hosts for metals and such should be incorporated in aquatic
environment monitoring programs. In the present study, the concentrations of metals …

Tropical marine ecosystems provide a wide range of provisioning, regulating, supporting
and cultural services to millions of people. They also largely contribute to blue carbon …

Nature-based solutions (NbS) address socio-environmental challenges by sustainably
managing ecosystems that offer and support the delivery of various services. NbS can …

Ecotourism, a sustainable form of tourism, is increasingly being viewed as a tool that can
promote global biodiversity and forest conservation. This study explored the scope of …

The aim of this study was to assess the pollution status of metals in sediments of Hara
Biosphere Reserve using pollution indicators. For this purpose, sediment samples from nine …

Willingness to Pay (WTP), Willingness to Work (WTW) and Willingness to Accept
Compensation (WTA) are the three quantitative criteria for assessing local ecological asset …

Mangrove forests occur throughout the coastlines of Arabia, one of the most environmentally
extreme regions of their global distribution. The gray mangrove [Avicennia marina (Forsk.) …

The mangrove of Hara Biosphere Reserve, stretching over 100 thousand hectares in the
southern coast of Iran and in the northwest of Qeshm Island, belongs to the most important …