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The Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve (MMFR) is the longest managed mangrove forest in the World (Chong, 2006; Gong and Ong, 1995). The reserve, located in the northwest coast of peninsular Malaysia,consist of 40.288 ha of a riverine mangrove forest composed of Rhizophora apiculata Blume, R. mucronata Lamk., Avicennia officialis L., Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lamk., B. parviflora Wight and Arnold ex Griffith, B. cylindrica (L.) Blume, Ceriopstagal (Perr.) C.B. Rob, Excoecaria agallocha L., and Sonneratia alba J. Smith (Chong, 2006; Arifin & Mustafa, 2013; Goessens et al., 2014).
References
Ariffin, R. and Mustafa N.M.S.N. (2013). A Working Plan for the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Perak (6th revision). Malaysia : State Forestry Department.
Chong, V.C. (2006). Sustainable utilization and management of mangrove ecosystems of Malaysia. Aquatic Ecosystems Health and Management 9 (2), 249 - 260.
Goessens, A., Satyanarayana, B., Van der Stocken, T., Quispe Zuniga, M., Moh-Lokman, H., Sulong, I. and Dahdouh-Guebas, F. (2014). Is Matang Mangrove Forest in Malaysia sustainably rejuvenating after more than a century of conservation and harvesting management? PLoS ONE 9 (8).
Gong W.K. and Ong J.E. (1995). The use of demographic studies in mangrove silviculture. Hydrobiologia 195, 255 - 261.
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