Effects of Seismic Exploration on Mangrove Habitat in Tanzania

Reports of damage to ecosystem function have been reported, but the environmental effects of seismic exploration are largely undocumented. Key impacts in ...

Keywords: Mangrove, recovery, oil exploration, seismic survey,. Mnazi Bay Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park, Tanzania, East Africa. Abstract—Global demand for oil and ...

Research Paper | PDF | Analysis Of Variance | Mangrove - Scribd

This study examines the effects of seismic exploration lines on mangrove habitat in Tanzania by comparing plots located on seismic lines from 2005 and 2007 ...

(PDF) Impact of four-dimensional seismic and production activities ...

The prospect area covered by our investigation was characterized by a mixed mangrove forest dominated by Rhizophora racemosa. It was observed that the ...

Mangrove Rehabilitation and Restoration as Experimental Adaptive ...

Restored mangrove ecosystems can be deliberately designed and engineered to provide valuable ecosystem services, be adaptable to climatic changes, and to ...

The relevance of mangrove forests to African fisheries, wildlife and ...

That is to say, the installation of pipelines, seismic exploration and open cast mines cause deforestation; while oil-spills, gas flaring and waste dumping.

(PDF) Assessment of seismic survey line cutting on mangroves in ...

The surveyed area was divided into grids for assessment, totalling 333.97 km2, with 4.18 km2 impacted by seismic line cuts. The findings suggest that 13 square ...

The Environmental Risks Posed by the Oil and Gas Development ...

The major themes included community assets, the importance of mangrove ecosystems, and the impacts of mangrove ecosystem damage through oil ...

Impact of four-dimensional seismic and production activities on the ...

Effects of Seismic Exploration on Mangrove Habitat in Tanzania · I. PringN. Polunin. Environmental Science. 2010. Abstract—Global demand for oil and gas has ...

Community Perceptions of Mangrove Ecosystem Services and Their ...

Causes and Perceptions of Environmental Change in the Mangroves of Rufiji Delta, Tanzania: Implications for Sustainable Livelihood and Conservation. Ph.D ...

4. The Mangrove Ecosystem of Chwaka Bay. Charles Lugomela

A survey on the distribution and status of mangrove forests in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Zanzibar Environmental Study Series, No.5. Commission for Lands and ...

Oil, fisheries and coastal communities: A review of impacts on the ...

Oil prospecting at sea involves seismic surveys using powerful air-gun blasts that can affect the populations and catches of fish [126], [68], [71] and ...

Coastal blue carbon stocks in Tanzania and Mozambique

Figure 1. Blue carbon sequestration in coastal habitats (mangrove forests, salt marshes, seagrass meadows and calcifying algal belts) through ...

Socioeconomic determinants of mangrove exploitation and ...

Mangrove forests in Tanzania are gazetted as state forest reserves, implying that exploitation is controlled by the state.

The REDD menace

The program aims to. ''protect mangrove forests from the impacts of climate change, ... Management plan for the mangrove ecosystem of mainland. Tanzania. Vol. I- ...

Additional Offshore Exploration Drilling in Block 2 Tanzania - Equinor

Mangrove forests are productive and very important ecosystems ... effects resulting from destruction of bird habitats or food resources.

impact assessment of prospecting exploration activities - Sacon

The 3D Seismic survey causes disturbances to the ecosystem mainly through the ... There are many direct short-term impacts on mangrove fauna from 3D seismic.

Current State of Seagrasses in Zanzibar: Impacts of Coastal ...

than in coral reefs or mangrove ecosystems and most ... Habitat preference for seaweed farming–A case study from Zanzibar,. Tanzania.

Local perceptions of changes in mangrove ecosystem services and ...

Local perceptions of changes in mangrove ecosystem services and their implications for livelihoods and management in the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania.

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The primary mitigation measures for seismic surveys in South Africa ... The cumulative and long-term effects of seismic survey sound is not ...