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A Good Mangrove Is Hard to Find
Deforestation may have increased impact of devastating cyclone |
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06 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:28 PM on 06 May 2008 The devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis, which has killed at least 22,000 people in Myanmar, could have been mitigated if mangrove forests had remained intact, says the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Mangrove forests are densely vegetated and act as natural storm barriers, but many of the forests in Myanmar have been converted into sh ... |
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| Topics: aquaculture, deforestation, Myanmar, news, severe weather (all these topics) |
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