ArticleAuthors: Nguyen, An Thinh; Nguyen, Xuan Huan; Pham, Duc Uy; Nguyen, Son Tung (2008)
Mangroves play an important role in coastal zones in many aspects e.g. extremely
essential habitats for many species, coastlinesprotection from natural hazards, and so on.
However, in Vietnam, like in other developing countries, these mangrove areas have been
destroyed and encroached as a consequence of a poorly planned economic development.
The study has been conducted in Phu Long - Gia Luan region, which have the largest
mangrove area in the Cat Ba Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Hai Phong City, Vietnam. The aims
of the study are to investigate existing land use conditions, land use changes, as well as driving
forces and directions for the changes in order to build a ca... 
