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. ________________

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