Thursday, 8 May 2008

Mangroves and Sea Waves: Two Sides of One Coin.

Mangroves and seawaves are two sides of one coin as Ebony and Ivory. They should live side by side and in perfect harmony. If mangroves gone and only seawaves left, the consequence is obvious. Flooding to the land is one of the consequence which is very common. Loss of the land is another consequence that should be experienced by the people who live on the edge of the beach. If there are no mangroves, the sea water will intrude the land and the sea become wider as the land loss happen. We don't want this to happen as the global warming will also exarcebated the situation with the increase of sea water level every year. Every effort to plant the mangrove trees along the beach areas in order to protect beach environment should also be promoted and supported by all parties and people who have concerd toward it. It could come from the civil society, corporate, and also the government. These three stakholders should work together side by side and hand in hand to save mangroves and beach environment. What is the necessary action required now for to do this? Compiling or collecting the funds from civil society and corporate as well as fund from the government are inevitable action. These funds should be use to buy the seed of mangrove or to breed it and then to plant it in the beach areas which are empty from mangroves and another greenbelt protectors.

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