Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Papua New Guinea: Mangroves Lead Battle Against Rising Seas

Inter Press Service: Sea level rise near Papua New Guinea, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the southwest Pacific, is estimated at seven millimetres per year, double the global annual average of 2.8-3.6 mm. In a bottom-up approach to fighting climate change, the indigenous use of mangroves is now leading local and national plans to stem the destruction of land and communities by coastal flooding and erosion. As global warming melts ice and glaciers, small island states are the first to be threatened by...

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