Sentences with phrase «buffers against floods»
Plant species provide a wide variety of benefits, including products such as wood, food and biofuels, as well as services such as recreation, water purification, buffers against floods and support for animal biodiversity.
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He cited the example of maintaining coastal mangrove forests as a buffer against flooding.
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In addition to buffering shorelines against erosion, storms, floods, and waves, biodiversity in coral reefs is a source for the development of new medicines.