Geospatial Technology: Unlocking the Management and Monitoring in Malaysian Mangrove Forests

Mangroves are multifunctional ecosystems providing resource provisions and various ecosystem services critical to the local livelihood and national economy. The anthropogenic activities in the mangrove forest and the threat to these ecosystems remain a daunting and challenging task to the ecologist, especially in the management. This chapter attempted to present monitoring works conducted for mangrove forests as geospatial analytics helps in the decision-making and management. Geospatial technology offers a more accurate way of measuring the mangrove forest ecosystem and a more efficient tool in mangrove forest plan, management, and conservation. The application and discussion of this chapter focus on the Malaysian mangrove forest.