Coastal wetlands, champions of carbon capture, are believed to remove more greenhouse gases than they produce
Across the street from the Flamingo Visitor Center at the foot of Florida's Everglades National Park, there was once a thriving mangrove population—part of the largest stand of mangroves in the ...
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Florida legislators want to rewrite rules on wetlands banking, weakening restoration efforts
The bills would allow developers to buy credits for wetlands mitigation far from areas impacted and long before restoration ...
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Special Report – Friends called mangroves
Furthermore, like salt marshes, mangroves play a role in mitigating the impact of climate change. They act as a natural ...
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Mangrove planting enhances conservation, restoration efforts
The International Mangrove Center (IMC), the Planning and Natural Resources Bureau of Shenzhen, and Shenzhen University participated in mangrove planting activities in the Futian Mangrove Nature ...
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Planned port project threatens protected Amazonian mangrove biodiversity and local livelihoods
Along the Amazonian coastline in Brazil’s northeastern state of Maranhão, plans are underway for a port project that will ...
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Mangroves at risk as El Salvador begins work on new airport
Officials broke ground last week on the Airport of the Pacific near the coastal town of La Unión, in eastern El Salvador, where mangrove ecosystems support wildlife and prevent coastal erosion.