The Mangrove Regeneration Project

Background:

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..........................

Results:

• the first set of seedlings was successful