Mangroves play an important role in the intertidal zones of Ernakulam district in Kerala. 14 of Kerala's 15 true mangrove species have been identified in Ernakulam, including 4 rare species. Nypa fruticans is a true mangrove planted along the coast. However, mangroves in Ernakulam are under threat from development activities and pollution that deplete wetlands and destroy mangrove ecosystems. Conservation efforts are needed to protect mangroves, which straddle land and sea.

1. MANGROVES IN ERNAKULAM DISTRICT

2. Mangrove Forest

3. Mangrove ecosystem
 Marine (Intertidal zones)
 Complex and dynamic
 Highly productive

4. Mangroves…
Origin of the term..
Definition
Mangue (Portuguese) – A
mangrove tree
Grove (English) -Community of
bushes
Mangroves are trees or shrubs mainly of Angiosperms
that have common trait of growing in shallow and
muddy salt water or brackish water and exhibit
remarkable capacity for salt water tolerance.

5.  14 of the 15 true mangroves of Kerala were
identified from the Ernakulam district.
 4 (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Savi., Bruguiera
sexangula (Lour.) Poir., Shirakiopsis indica
(Willd.) Esser and Sonneratia alba J. E. Smith)
of them are rare in Kerala coast.
 Nypa fruticansWurmb (Arecaceae) is a true
mangrove species planted along the coastal
areas of the district.

6. True mangroves
Bruguiera sexangula (Lour.) Poir.

7. Bruguiera gymnorhiza ( L.) Lamk.

8. Sonneratia caseolaris(L.) Engler

9. Sonneratia alba J. E. Smith

10. Excoecaria agallocha L.

11. Aegiceras corniculatus (L.) Blanco

12. Nypa fruticansWurmb

13. Threats…
 Wetlands of Ernakulam district is one among the fast
depleting wetlands of Kerala
 Most of the developmental activities are concentrated in
the regions of river, sea etc. which results in the
depletion of ecosystems like wetlands and mangroves.
 Wastes from hospitals, factories and other industries are
leave in the mangrove forest which affect other
organisms that live there.

14. Mangroves lives life in the edge in a way
with one foot in the land and the other
one in the sea. It is our duty to help
them to stay there for a very long time..

15. Conserve Mangroves