by ACF | Mar 25, 2010 | Mangroves
The UN has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. Sadly, many of the ecosystems that harbor such biodiversity, like mangroves, are quickly disappearing due to the effects of human activities. Mangroves are trees and plants that grow in swampy... by ACF | Mar 9, 2010 | Mangroves
Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing erosion and ravaging fish stocks. In Sierra Leone, one of Africa’s poorest nations still recovering from a... by ACF | Jan 6, 2010 | Mangroves
About 3000 mangrove trees, covering about 1 hectare and 1 kilometer of coastline have been planted in the Campo beach area to guard against coastal erosion and mitigate climate change. This is part of the implementation of the Mangrove Resilience Assessment and...