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Estuarine mangrove forest under threat [1]

Vincent Island has over 15 hectares of mangroves

The estuarine Vincent Island on Ashtamudi Lake at Shakthikulangara in Kollam is a private property covered by over 15 hectares of rich mangrove forests. The island is the only place in India where the rare yellow mangrove ( Ceriops tagal ) is found. But, the ecologically vital mangrove forests there stand threatened by development activity.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2013
Ignatius Pereira [2]
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [3]
Tags:
Kerala [4], Kollam (D) [5], Ashtamudi [6], Mangroves [7], Coastal Regulations [8], Biodiversity [9], Fisheries [10], Forests [11]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/estuarine-mangrove-forest-under-threat
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ignatius-pereira
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-thiruvananthapuram
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kollam-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ashtamudi
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mangroves
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coastal-regulations
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries-0
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests