This is a very important plant in the ecosystem as it also acts as a breeding point for the aqua life. This is a plus to the life under water hence planting more mangroves will improve in bringing more life therefore achievement of SDG14.
Your piece is very profound and very key reminder to the world out here.
Chopped by Anita Soina
3
Mangroves as the best carbon scrubbers
Today we talk about fun facts about Mangroves forests.
1. Mangroves are the only species of trees in the world that can tolerate saltwater. Their strategy for dealing with otherwise toxic levels of salt? Excrete it through their waxy leaves.
2.Mangrove forests move carbon dioxide from the atmosphere "into long-term storage" in greater quantities than any other forests making them among the planets best carbon scrubbers according to study led by NASA.
3. Though estimates vary, there are at least 50 up to 110 mangrove species, ranging in height from 2 to 10 meters, but all species feature oblong or oval-shaped leaves and share an affinity for brackish habitats.
4. The largest amount of mangrove coverage can be found in Indonesia, where mangrove trees cover some 23,000 square kilometers (about 14,000 square miles) that’s more than twice the size of Jamaica or roughly the size of Vermont.
5. Mangrove forests — specifically, their thick, impenetrable roots — are vital to shoreline communities as natural buffers against storm surges, an increasing threat in a changing global climate with rising sea levels which is vital , very vital.
Chopped by
