Mangrove Loss in Myanmar Greatly Intensified Cyclone Damage
Posted in 1, tagged buffer, cyclone, mangrove, Myanmar, trees, UN on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
A natural buffer to disaster.
Recent large-scale destruction of mangroves contributed heavily to the damage inflicted by the cyclone Nargis that ripped through Myanmar last week, says the UN.
Myanmar is home to the eight-largest mangrove forest in the world, but it had lost large areas of mangroves over the last four decades. The UN Food and [...]
