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Students Reviving Mangrove Wetlands, Bahamas

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Mangrove seedlings. Photo source: ©© Northways

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Students participated in a pilot programme called the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (BAM), a project about mangrove education and restoration.

“A lot of times when you’re trying to promote conservation, it has to start with the youth,” “They’re our future generation that’s going to protect our resources, and help conserve them for the best…”

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Preserving Mangroves Provides Protection and Food Security, IPS News (11-16-2015)

Destruction of Mangroves Costs up to US$42 billion in Economic Damages Annually – UNEP Report (10-14-2014)
The world is losing its mangroves at a faster rate than global deforestation, the United Nations revealed, in a new report “Importance of Mangroves: A Call to Action,” adding that the destruction of the coastal habitats was costing billions in economic damages and impacting millions of lives…

Root of the Matter: Mangrove as Lives Saver When Natural Disaster Strikes, NASA’s Earth Science News Team (10-28-2010)

The World Must Invest In Mangroves, The Ecologist (04-11-2014)

Mangrove Forests as Incredible Carbon Stores, The Nature Conservancy

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