After decades of loss, the world's largest mangrove forests are set for a comeback
- Written by: Benjamin Brown, Postdoctoral research associate, Charles Darwin University
GettyMangroves ring the shores of many of Indonesia’s more than 17,000 islands. But in the most populated areas, the world’s largest mangrove forests have been steadily whittled away, and with them, the ability to store blue carbon.
As the world’s fourth-most populous nation has grown, pressure on the mangroves has too. More than...
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