亚太区红树林资源的民间传统利用

红树林生态系统不仅对全球生态平衡有独特作用,而且是人类很有价值的生物资源。亚太地区红树林海岸居民在长期生产和生活实践中,积累了丰富的民间传统利用经验。红树林资源被广泛用作药物、食物、饲料、薪炭、材料和原料等方面,同时红树林区还是渔业、牧业、海产养殖业的适宜场所。本文对此作了比较全面的介绍,并认为把生态保护与经济利用相结合是红树林研究和管理的关键。

Traditional Utilization of Mangrove Resources in Asia-Pacific Region

Mangrove ecosystem not only plays a special role in the global ecological equilibium,but also is a valuable kind of biological resources.The dwellers of Mangrove coasts in Asia and the Pacific have been practising extensive traditional utilization of the resources in their activities for subsistence.In very long period of history,Mangroves have been used as medicine,food,forage,fuelwood,building material and so on;Mangrove swamps as suitable areas for fishing,aquaculture,animal husdandry and so on.In this paper,the precious folk knowledge about the various usages of mangrove ecosystems in Asia-Pacific were comprehensively introduced,and the authors pointed out that in China the reasonable combination of ecological protection and economical utilization of mangroves should be the most crucial task in our research and management of the resources.