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Causes of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia identified
2016-01-05 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Southeast Asia has the greatest diversity of mangrove species in the world, and mangrove forests provide multiple ecosystem services upon which millions of people depend. Mangroves enhance fisheries by providing habitat for young fishes and offer coastal protection against storms and floods. They also store substantially higher densities of carbon, as compared to most other ecosystems globally, thus playing an important role in soaking up carbon dioxide emissions and mitigating climate change. Despite...
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