Mangroves Deforestation  

Shrimp farming in Honduras began in 1972 and continues to spread today, with no development plan. The sole measures of control include shrimp infections, a drop in international market prices, decreased demand, and, in some cases, community pressure. However, damage, pollution, eviction of people, and plunder of natural resources have sparked a social movement aiming at mitigating the negative consequences.

Amini Platform was used to perform a time-series analysis to show the expansion of shrimp farming ponds in the natural protected areas of the Honduran Gulf of Fonseca form the 1980s until the present, the degradation and deforestation of mangroves, and in turn, the increase in coastal erosion due to decreased biodiversity and resilience.