Mangrove Regeneration

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

The Mangrove Regeneration Project

Mangrove forests:

  • protect coastal areas from 31. ________________ by the sea
  • are an important habitat for wildlife

Problems:

  • mangroves had been used by farmers as 32. ________________
  • mangroves were poisoned by the use of 33. ________________
  • local people used the mangroves as a place to put their 34. ________________

Actions taken to protect the mangroves:

  • a barrier which was made of 35. ________________ was constructed – but it failed
  • new mangroves had to be grown from seed
  • the seeds of the 36. ________________ mangrove were used

First set of seedlings:

  • kept in small pots in a 37. ________________
  • watered with 38. ________________ water
  • planted out on south side of a small island
  • at risk from the large 39. ________________ population

Second set of seedlings:

  • planted in the seabed near established mangrove roots
  • the young plants were destroyed in a 40. ________________

 


 

Đáp án

Câu hỏi Đáp án
31 flooding
32 firewood
33 fertilizer
34 trash
35 sand
36 gray
37 hothouse
38 rain
39 rabbit
40 storm