Sentences with phrase «coastal mangrove buffers»
More recently, several island nations in the western Pacific and Indian oceans formed the Coral Triangle Initiative, adopting a 10 - year plan of action to avert growing threats to coral reefs, fish, coastal mangrove buffers and other marine resources across the region.
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In Bangladesh and Thailand, coastal mangrove forests — important buffers against storms and tidal waves — are giving way to ocean water.
Likewise, coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and tidal marshes are proving to be a more cost - effective and ecologically sound alternative to buffering storms than conventional coastal engineering solutions.
He cited the example of maintaining coastal mangrove forests as a buffer against flooding.