Mangroves Shielded Communities Against Tsunami Date: October 28, 2005 Source: World Wildlife Fund Summary: A new study released today in the journal Science shows that areas buffered by coastal ...

Mangrove forests protected areas from 2004 tsunami says new study. WWF news release. November 18, 2005. Editor’s summary: A study released in late October shows that areas buffered by coastal ...

Life-saving mangroves THE worst tsunami on record hit South-East Asia on 26 December 10 years ago, killing more than 227,000 people in total. I recently toured villages on the west coast of Aceh ...

Mangroves have been disappearing from southeast Asian coastlines for decades, replaced by vast shrimp farms and tourist resorts. In the five countries hit hardest by the tsunami, development ...

Mangroves forests are coastal ecosystems typically serve as homes for fish, crustaceans, sponges, and other sea creatures. With complex, intertwined root systems, they also prevent coastal erosion ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami highlighted the life-saving benefits of mangrove forests along coastlines, leading some Asia nations to look at replanting trees lost in the tsunami and earlier to fish farms.

Importance Of Mangrove Conservation In Tsunami Prone Regions Date: November 1, 2007 Source: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Summary: Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor ...

On December 26, 2004, a cataclysmic tsunami struck the coasts of countries in South and Southeast Asia. Sri Lanka was one of the worst affected nations – the wall of water devastated the island ...

The researchers investigated the impact of the tsunami at 24 different mangrove sites, comparing the event's effects to the size, history, and quality of the local mangroves.

Mangrove Forests Saved Lives In 2004 Tsunami Disaster Healthy mangroves safeguard the security and wellbeing of coastal settlements, show restoration programmes and surveys carried out by the ...

Fifteen years after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Sri Lanka’s government intends to keep expanding the island’s coastal green belt — the chain of mangrove swamps credited with limiting the ...

Mangroves certainly offer a means to mitigate climate change, conserve biodiversity, and provide a wide range of goods and services as well as protecting coasts against erosion and storm surges.