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5 reasons to protect mangrove forests for the future

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Read this article and think of 3 ways of conserving mangroves

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Read this article and think of 3 ways of conserving mangroves

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mangrove destruction leads to biodiversity loss as it eliminates habitats and disrupts food chains for numerous species

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Climate Change Impact: Mangroves sequester large amounts of carbon, helping to mitigate climate change. When they are destroyed, this carbon is released back into the atmosphere, resulting to global warming.

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Soil Formation and : Mangroves/trees root systems trap sediment and help in the formation of land in coastal areas, preventing land loss and promoting the growth of other plant species.

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Preventing Items being Thrown in the Mangroves

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Preventing Items being Thrown in the Mangroves

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By preventing things thrown in the Mangroves. We can Provide cleanliness and prevent Pollution from happening.

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It provides shelter for different animals in a diverse ecosystem

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Animals and Living Things are able take in oxygen and others etc.

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If large areas of mangroves are destroyed,other animals like the crabs shown above may die as these are their habitats.

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People can make wooden furniture from the wood of the trees

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Mangroves help humans by providing humans with shelther

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It gives animal and insects shelter to live in

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We should not litter in the mangroves.

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We all need to avoid throwing our rubbish into the mangroves to keep the water clean and preventing from damaging the mangroves

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mangroves forests provide habitats for variety of species

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Mangroves are important to some living things as some live at dense places like amphibians

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they collect sunlight and produce oxygen for us to breathe by jade

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they collect sunlight and produce oxygen for us to breathe by jade

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If mangroves are destroyed it increasing coastal erosion and the earth would be deeply affected. The destruction of mangroves can also harm the lives of animals such as crabs and much more

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We can help by not littering in the mangroves

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What will happen if the mangrove swamps are destroyed?

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What will happen if the mangrove swamps are destroyed?

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If mangrove swamps are destroyed there will not be mangrove trees to carry out photosynthesis to take our greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide and and turn them into oxygen. Without oxygen the organisms living in the mangrove swamps will not be able to survive. If mangrove swamps are destroyed, shelter will also not be present for the organisms like, monitor lizards and giant mudskippers, living in them and this may cause the endangerment of the organisms. It will also affect humans as it will increase the global temperature as there will be more greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere which trap heat. This will cause more climate change and there will be natural disasters.

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1. The mangrove trees growing here protect against extreme weather and disasters. When our global temperatures rise, storms and flood surges become more frequent. The trunks of mangroves will absorb the impact of waves, making them a good front line of defense that helps to protect higher ground.

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2. The mangroves also provide habitat to many different species of butterflies. The butterflies will act as important pollinators, helping plants reproduce by transferring pollen between flowers, and also contributes to a healthy ecosystem and food supply for us.