The Caribbean mangrove forest that defied destruction
by Jose Alison Kentish

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29 March 2022

On 29 March 2022 BBC reported: When a pristine Caribbean mangrove was decimated by a tourism project, locals on Union Island found a way restore it to its former glory. Despite their key role providing coastal protection, supporting local livelihoods, and storing huge amounts of carbon, mangroves are disappearing, destroyed for coastal development. But Ashton Lagoon is not among those statistics, because its mangroves and fisheries are now thriving. The story of how that happened provides a blueprint for how other degraded mangroves around the world could one day be revived. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of science, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

Mangroves live where most plants would die. Of the almost 400,000 plant species, only 1,500 are tolerant to saltwater. Some of these halophytes, as they are called, prevent salt from entering their roots, a process known as exclusion. Others excrete salt from special glands in their leaves.

The area is a critical habitat for many species. ...

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