At a meeting of world mangrove experts held last year in Australia, it was unanimously agreed that we face the prospect of a world deprived of the services offered by mangrove ecosystems, perhaps within the next 100 years. Mangrove forests once covered more than 200,000 km2 of sheltered tropical and subtropical coastlines.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/world-without-mangroves
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/n-c-duke
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-o-meynecke
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-dittmann-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mangroves
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
