Mangrove Forests
Eutrophication of Mangrove Forest , Goa
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Shot at 150 feet height, daily commuters make their usual journey, unconcerned of the flashy green swamp next to the highway with dead mangrove trees.
Dead Mangrove Forest, Merces, Goa
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Shot at 300 feet above the ground with camera pointing down at the lifeless mangroves that perished at the hands of humans. Mangroves are carbon sinks but the building waste disposed into the mangrove forests inhibits free flow of water into the mangroves leading to a sink in water levels of the forest.
Mangrove Forests - Carbon Sinks
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Mangrove forests behave as a nursery for many marine and terrestrial animals, prevent coastal erosion and act as carbon sinks. Aerial roots of mangrove provide a unique structural support in soft sediments and reduce the impact of flooding by helping the plant transfer gases from above to below ground.
Fishing in Khazan Channels, Volvado, Goa
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Khazans are reclaimed lands from the sea and are shared lands between fishermen and farmers. Rich tenant farmers have broken these bunds and let the water into Khazans, water logging them for prawn fish culture. This has changed the vegetation of wetlands. Polluted waters from industries and mining have encouraged the growth of algae and new varieties of weed can be seen in places.
Mangrove forests, Backwaters, Goa
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Mangroves have high resilience to damage caused by storms . Still, mangroves are in peril as they are squeezed between unregulated coastal development and the effects of climate change such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events .
Mangroves Roots, Backwaters, Goa
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Enhancing the adaptive potential of mangroves is essential to adapt and prepare the environment for climate change.
Mangroves of Backwaters, Goa
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Traditionally, mangroves are planted and grown along the river banks to control flooding of lands during high tides and also for controlling floods during monsoons.