Ecosystem services-based mangrove management strategies in Indonesia: a review

Mangrove ecosystems have strategic benefits and complex management. Management of mangrove ecosystems also faces pressures and challenges to maintain them in sustainable condition. This study was aimed to review various literatures on mangrove management, particularly related to ecosystem services, and to find contribution opportunities in this field of research. Ecosystem service approach is more developed in natural resource management and becomes an instrument connecting ecosystem functions with human wellbeing. Analysis results showed that ecosystem services are an important part of mangrove management. Mangrove provides many ecosystem services and has an important role in both the number and the type of ecosystem services. There are several research opportunities which can be conducted namely ecosystem service condition analysis, socio-economic analysis and valuation, system structure, and future prospective strategies. These aspects are certainly a challenge in developing a dynamic and complex mangrove ecosystem management strategy in Indonesia as an effort to achieve sustainable management objectives.