Abstract
Indian mangroves cover about 6,749 km, the fourth largest mangrove area in the world. These mangrove habitats (69°E-89.5°E longitude and 7°N-23°N latitude). In India, West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Andaman, Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat occupy vast area of Mangroves. The Indian mangroves comprise approximately 59 species in 41 genera and 29 families. Mangroves in India are one of the most valuable coastal habitats providing enormous benefits (both tangible and non-tangible) to the local communities as well as the ecology and environment surrounding them. But these mangroves have so many threats like Additional pressures on wetlands from natural causes like subsidence, drought, hurricanes, erosion etc., and human threats coming from over exploitation, for agriculture, commercial and residential development. Tangible benefits of mangroves comprise timber and non-timber products, fishery and other livelihood support systems whereas non-tangible benefits include ecological and social functions, such as coastal protection against wave and current abrasion, shelter and habitat for wildlife, and ecotourism. Mangroves need protections from natural disasters in which coastal zone is a dynamically unstable where of one or the other kind like sea intrusions, cyclones, tsunami, etc., Along with the restoration work, awareness should be campaigned, educational materials should be made available to improve knowledge on mangrove habitats, resources, relevant legislation, policies and conservation strategies with the help of media like magazines, posters, documentary, exhibitions, bird watching tours, study tours, competitions on mangrove knowledge etc. Learning can be easier with better.

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