A ground-truthed national atlas of mangroves in Mauritius: spatial baselines, blue carbon significance, and implications for climate resilience in Small Island Developing States
Mangroves provide coastal protection, nursery habitat, nutrient retention and long-term carbon storage, yet national-scale mangrove information remains incomplete in many Small Island Developing States (SIDS), where forests are often narrow, fragmented and difficult to resolve using medium-resolution satellite products...