It’s Earthweek and SL has a lot of things going on. My little parcel on Africa Live got busy a few days ago – Artemisia decided to give her talk there.
Artie talked about the Mangrove forests – the talk and slides are still available right there on my parcel at Africa live. So go and visit – it is an interesting slideshow to go through.
Here is some info ( from Artemisia’s talk ) about Mangroves to give you an idea :
“Mangrove forests : one of the most productive ecosystems and the richest of the planet, but also most threatened. Their protection and rehabilitation have become a major concern and are continuing throughout the world.
These forests are characteristic of tropical coastal regions and subtropics regions on all continents, they cover ¾ (75%) of coasts and deltas, or approximately 200 000 km² (20 million hectares). Mangroves are formed by groups of mainly woody plants. These plants are subject to the influence of tides and freshwater flows in shallow areas ….”
Mangrove forest
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