Natural Barriers to Natural Disasters
Open Access
- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 57 (2) , 102-103
- https://doi.org/10.1641/b570202
Abstract
Coastal vegetation, such as mangroves, can provide coastal communities with many valuable goods and services, and the protection and rehabilitation of these ecoKeywords
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