Sentences with phrase «intact coastal wetland»

This IUCN report notes: «Recent research suggests that healthy, intact coastal wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are particularly good at drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for hundreds of thousands of years.»

Recent research suggests that healthy, intact coastal wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are particularly good at drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for hundreds to thousands of years.

Not exact matches

And perhaps of increasing importance is the fact that they also as natural coastal buffers, helping to protect shorelines and keep coastal wetlands intact, thereby protecting coastal communities against storm surges and sea - level rise.