Restoring Mangroves May Prove Cheap Way to Cool Climate

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12. One of the biggest threats to the mangrove ecosystem

is shrimp farms. The waste accummulated from the shrimp farm kills the mangrove trees.

Also, like the marsh, the changing sea levels, etc, is causing loss of the ecosystem.

And man-made needs of wanting to live next to a water way, also devastates the mangroves as well.... Similar to the marshes being drained and golf douse communities popping up.

And in the south, they provide a barrier to hurricanes like marshes do. They are a natural system we are losing way too fast. We need to protect the mangrove ecosystem very badly; much like we ought to be doing with our marsh ecosystems. They have such incredible natural value to us as a whole. We need to protect these areas like we would protect and endangered species because without te marsh areas (brackish environments), we would devastate interior ecosystems and water ecosystems and even weather conditions.

On top of it all, they are just beautiful and have value of a kind that is not quantifiable.... Like rare art that is invaluable. Or the pyramids in Egypt.

We need to protect our marsh areas badly in the Gulf. We lose so much acreage every year. Invaluable resources.