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Quest for Mangrove s in Anthropocene, South Odisha Coast;

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Mishra Sibaprasad, Saswat Mohapatra, Saswat Mishra
ยป doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.12.2024.2712-2731

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Mangroves are estuarine swamps with foul smell, amphibian plenty, and mosquito panoramic flora that helpand sustain to mitigate climate change impacts, coastline protection, oxygen footprint, carbon sequestration and livelihoods worldwide to construct a productive and biological ecosystem. The South Odisha Coast (SOC) extends from Konark to Sonapur, Ganjam district of Odisha. The sandy stretch has been deprived of mangrove vegetation, and the coastline has been ransacked by ten intense storms from 2013 to 2024; otherwise, the ecosystem and devastations could have been possible. Literature reviews and ground-truthing in the Anthropocene (the human domination epoch) assess the issues, challenges, and feasibility of mangrove generation along the estuaries/creeks system of SOC. Necessary physicochemical studies of Soil, vegetation, and conducive environment include pH, electrical conductivity, soil organic carbon, and noxious heavy metals and radioactive metals. The GIS/RS methodology with ERDAS software has been used.History tells about the existence of mangrove ecosystems along the SOC. The areas conducive to mangrove generation have been researched, and a pertinent action plan has been suggested for growing mangroves in estuaries with a Public-Private partnership mode for coastal protection. Mangrove generation could help coastal protection, promotion of mangrove-based livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation to satisfy goals SDG 15., Life on Land ( indicators 15.1.1 and 15.2.1)

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