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Destruction of Carbon-Rich Mangroves Costs up to US$42 billion annually - UNEP Report [1]

Mangroves are being destroyed at a rate 3 – 5 times greater than the average rates of forest loss, costing billions in economic damages and denying millions of people the ecosystem services they ne

Publication Date: 
30/09/2014
Africa Science News [2]
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Forests [3], Mangroves [4], Deforestation [5], Ecosystems [6], UNEP [7], Climate Change [8], Carbon Sinks [9]

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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks