Mangrove forests in Peninsular Malaysia are found mainly on the sheltered coasts, estuaries, rives and some near-shore islands. Mangrove forests support a variety range of animals and plants and are repositories for a vast array of biological diversity. The importance of mangrove forests in providing invaluable goods and services both in economics and environmental terms are well understood and documented. Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM) has been preserving with current issues at the national, regional and international level in managing the mangrove forests. FDPM is fully committed to the implementation of the sustainable forest management practices and in line with current requirements such as climate change, conservation of biological diversity and natural disaster including tsunami, that have made the forestry profession becoming more crucial.
Remote sensing technology has been applied in various ways to characterize mangrove ecosystems. Some of the documented applications include mapping the areal extent, detecting individual species, and providing estimates of structure and parameters such as leaf area, canopy height, and biomass. The main motivation for the characterization of these ecosystems is to monitor and manage them. Generally, all the remote sensing application in mangrove ecosystems can be categorized into three broad areas. These broad categories 9 have been identified as resource inventory; change detection; and selection and inventory of aquaculture sites.
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