Indonesian Mangrove Ecology and the Changing Climate

Known as the single country with more than one fifth of the world's mangrove, Indonesia has a huge opportunity to explore the potential of these ecosystems for nature-based climate solutions. However, the challenge is equally great as to date, the rate of mangrove loss is well above the average. It is crucial, therefore, to solicit the availability of credible data concerning mangrove ecological properties in the context of conservation of the intact mangrove and restoration of degraded area.

The goal of the Topic is to assess the breath, depth and wealth of mangrove research in Indonesia and identify gaps in knowledge to support public policy making processes concerning climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The scope of research ranges from field surveys on vegetation structure and composition, to the mapping of mangrove distribution given the variety of hydro-geomorphic settings of the archipelago.

This Research Topic has been developed with Indonesia as a focus country, but welcomes related contributions from researchers working in mangrove ecosystems elsewhere. We hope to cover a wide range of issues including, but not limited to:

- Variation of vegetation structure and composition of mangrove blue carbon across the archipelago
- Geographic distribution in the context of hydro-geomorphic setting
- Challenges and opportunity of blue carbon ecosystem for climate change mitigation and adaptation
- How low-lying coastal landscape and mangrove blue carbon may cope with sea level rise
- Identifying gaps of knowledge to support public policy making processes in the world’s changing climate

Keywords: carbon, ecology, Indonesia, mapping, sedimentation

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.