Monday, August 23, 2010

Mangroves offer win-win opportunity


Healthy mangrove forests provide a huge range of environmental benefits and need to be protected, says Mark Huxham. In this week's Green Room, he argues that schemes such as Redd offer a vital lifeline to the important ecosystems.

Like smoke from a bushfire, a pall of black pessimism permeates news from tropical forests.

Every year millions of hectares are lost; usually between 1-2% of global forest coverage.

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