Analysis of the ecosystem services of mangrove to aquaculture and fisheries in Vietnam

The survey was conducted in communes of six coastal provinces in the south of Vietnam, including Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Kien Giang, Ca Mau, and Bac Lieu. From these six provinces, eight locations were selected. Face to face survey was chosen, and each respondent was interviewed using a questionnaire of three parts, including general information of respondent, perception about mangrove of respondent, and aquaculture activities. We surveyed 659 mixed mangrove-shrimp farms. Mangrove forest i

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The survey was conducted in communes of six coastal provinces in the south of Vietnam, including Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Kien Giang, Ca Mau, and Bac Lieu. From these six provinces, eight locations were selected. Face to face survey was chosen, and each respondent was interviewed using a questionnaire of three parts, including general information of respondent, perception about mangrove of respondent, and aquaculture activities. We surveyed 659 mixed mangrove-shrimp farms. Mangrove forest indicators of analyses at both levels are measured in two ways. One is self-reported by farm managers in household data, and the other is calculated using satellite images. For calculating mangrove coverage of farms (mixed mangrove-shrimp farming system), coordinates of farms are collected during the survey. These coordinates are then used to create boundaries of farms on Google Earth. Show less..

We collected data in field trips to villages across the southern coast of Vietnam. The first wave of data was collected from August 2014 to April 2015. The second wave was conducted in 2017, from September to December. Our final sample includes 950 observations from 431 households living and fishing across 11 communes from six provinces including Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Soc Trang and Tra Vinh. Two sources of mangrove forest areas of communes are used. One is reported by the Forest

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We collected data in field trips to villages across the southern coast of Vietnam. The first wave of data was collected from August 2014 to April 2015. The second wave was conducted in 2017, from September to December. Our final sample includes 950 observations from 431 households living and fishing across 11 communes from six provinces including Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Soc Trang and Tra Vinh. Two sources of mangrove forest areas of communes are used. One is reported by the Forestry Management, and the other is calculated using satellite images. Show less..