On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants

Mongabay
By Melati KayeJul 26, 2016, 4:20 pm136 pts
1. Half lost, half survive Mangroves once covered much of the world’s tropical coastline, but half of the mangrove forests have been lost in the last half century, according to San Francisco-based conservation NGO Seacology. Forty-two percent of the 13.7 billion hectares of remaining mangroves lives in Asia,…

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