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KT2000

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19. destruction of mangrove forests too

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 10:52 PM

Jan 2013

these farms destroy the natural protection nature provides by removing the very complex mangrove forests. When strong storms hit the coast there is no longer protection - what the mangrove forests provided. The ecosystem is destroyed to make way for these dirty farms.
Also, there is a limit to the amount of time an area can be used for farming but the destruction is permanent.

http://mangroveactionproject.org/

Please, please do not eat the products that come from these farms.

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