issg Database: Management and Information Links for Nypa fruticans

Nypa fruticans (palm)

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         Interim profile, incomplete information
         Management Information

In 2000 the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) began project to assist local communities with the manufacture of jewellery from nypa palm. The idea was that utilization would curtail the growth of the palm in the area. However it had little effect as there was little mass market appeal for nypa jewellery in Nigeria. A more viable alternative would be to teach local people the many other uses of nypa palm, including how to produce alcohol, sugar and vinegar (Sunderland and Morakinyo 2002; World Bank, ISME, cenTER Aarhus 2003; Udofia and Udo 2005).
In June 2002 EIf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. announced that it would investigate means by which the N. fruticans invasion could be controlled (Obari 2002 in Sunderland and Morakinyo 2002). A month later the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Environment announced that plans were underway to eradicate Nypa and rehabilitate the Niger Delta's mangrove habitat with native mangrove species (Oghifo 2002 in Sunderland and Morakinyo 2002; World Bank, ISME, cenTER Aarhus 2003).

         Location Specific Management Information
Panama
nypa

         Management Resources/Links

1. Isebor, C.E. and Ajayi, T.O. and Anyanwu, A., 2003. The incidence of Nypa fruticans (Wurmb) and its impact on fisheries production in the Niger Delta mangrove ecosystem. In: 16th Annual Conference of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) , 4-9 November 2001 , Maiduguri, Nigeria.
        Summary: Available from: http://aquaticcommons.org/3588/1/16P013.pdf [Accessed 10 August 2011]
2. Meyer, Jean-Yves; Lavergne, Christophe; Hodel, Donald R., 2008. Time bombs in gardens: Invasive ornamental palms in tropical islands, with emphasis on French Polynesia (Pacific Ocean) and the Mascarenes (Indian Ocean) Palms. 52(2). JUN 2008. 71-83.
        Summary: Available from: http://li-an.fr/jyves/Meyer_et_al._2008_Palms.pdf [Accessed 24 August 2010]
3. Sunderland, Terry C. H.; Morakinyo, Tunde, 2002. Nypa fruticans, a weed in West Africa. Palms. 46(3). August 2002. 154-155.
        Summary: Available from: http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2002/vol46n3p154-155.pdf [Accessed 10 August 2011]
4. Udofia, I. Samuel & Enefiok S. Udo, 2005. Local Knowledge of Utilisation of Nipa Palm (Nypa fruticans, Wurmb.) in the Coastal Areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Global Journal of Agricultural Sciences . Vol 4. No 1, 2005. 33-40
        Summary: Available from: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjass/article/viewFile/2252/11020 [Accessed 10 August 2011]
5. UNEP, 2007. Mangroves of Western and Central Africa. UNEP-Regional Seas Programme/UNEP-WCMC.
        Summary: Available from: http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/publications/otherpubs/pdfs/Mangroves_of_Western_and_Central_Africa.pdf [Accessed 10 August 2011]
6. World Bank, ISME, cenTER Aarhus 2003. Draft Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Management of Mangrove Ecosystems.
        Summary: Available from: http://www.mangroverestoration.com/MBC_Code_AAA_WB070803_TN.pdf [Accessed 10 August 2011]
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