Mangroves can be utilized for making charcoal, firewood and piling posts. The bark can be used for making cutch, which is use for dyeing and strengthening fishing nets.
Mangroves are rich in fish, prawns, crabs and other aquatic life.
The roots of the Rhizophora act as breakwaters and protect the coast from erosion. Therefore we should only go into detail about them. Sonneratia Sonneratia is found on sheltered parts of the coasts on newly formed mud flats. It does not have buttress roots and are the most common in the mangroves in Bako. The small,short, spiky things you see are called pneumatophores.