Mangroves under threat, Solomon Islands


Mangrove roots. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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Mangroves are continuously under threat from overharvesting, degradation and land reclamation. Yet we continue to cut them down unaware at times of the role these trees are playing within the coastal ecosystem.

Fiji and other Pacific Islands are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and because we cannot prevent it we have to find means to adapt to climate change…

Read Full Article; By, Solomon Islands Journal, News online.

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