Ecosystem services accounting – Part 1

Speakers:
Dr. Vincent Florens – Associate professor, University of Mauritius
Sharveen Persand – Oceanographer
Suresh Awotar – Fisherman – President Fishermen association of Roches Noires
Karl Lamarque – Tourist leisure boat operator – District Council Advisor
Marie-josée Edmond – Mangrove planter
Vashisht Seegobin – Phd student, Ecology
Jérome Lafrance – Fisherman

Ecosystem services
How different coastal ecosystems interact with each-other to render services
The functions of lava tubes and mangroves for the filtration of rainwater before it reaches the lagoons.
The function of mangroves in supporting and regulating other coastal ecosystems, namely in protecting the juvenile fish and increasing the shore’s resiliance to waves and riptides.