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Van Oudenhoven, A.P.E. (author), Siahainenia, A.J. (author), Sualia, I. (author), Tonneijck, F.H. (author), Van der Ploeg, S. (author), De Groot, R.S. (author)Indonesia is home to the largest area of mangrove forests in the world. Urban expansion, aquaculture farms, oil-palm plantations and timber extraction have caused an estimated decline of about 1.2 million hectares of Indonesias mangroves since the 1980s, and currently only 3 million hectares remain. The major cause of mangrove conversion is...report 2014