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and leaving nature to take its course – and more active interventions to restore and manage ecosystems. The same applies to Earth’s oceans and coasts, wheresustainable fishing, pollution management and the restoration of coral reefs and mangrove swamps can restore lost...
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and ecosystems. In turn, loss of biodiversity can adversely affect climate – for example, deforestation increases the atmospheric abundance of carbon dioxide, a key greenhouse gas. Therefore, it is essential that the issues of biodiversity loss and climate change are addressed together.” ...
Species diversity of reptiles is much higher in Sundarban than in other mangrove ecosystems in India. Presently snakes are declining in Sundarban due to habitat loss caused by tremendous population pressure. Besides, irresponsible killing to avoid snakebite both from poisonous and nonpoisonous varieties...
Healthy ecosystems provide a buffer against emerging infectious diseases, safeguarding the right to health. Communities protected by healthy mangrove ecosystems are less likely to suffer deaths caused by cyclones, protecting the right to life. Insects, bats and birds pollinate more than 75 per cent of...
Are all intertidal wetlands naturally created equal? Bottlenecks, thresholds and knowledge gaps to mangrove and saltmarsh ecosystems Intertidal wetlands such as saltmarshes and mangroves provide numerous important ecological functions, though they are in rapid and global decline. To bett... DA Friess,KW...
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Jungle river in Thapom mangrove forest, Krabi, Thailand. (Pakin Songmor. Moment. Getty Images) Both public and private investments are urgently needed for nature protection to permit the restoration of some two billion hectares of degraded lands and to enhance...
Research on jellyfish blooms has focused heavily on the factors influencing the production of blooms. Identifying the factors that cause blooms to collapse, however, is important for predicting the duration of blooms and when they are likely to disappear