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Local residents help replant mangrove trees on a degraded beach on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Tropical mangroves are vital for both fish habitat and protection from storms, but over the last few decades they've been disappearing around the world a

Restoring mangroves in Indonesia

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A hidden culprit in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was degraded shorelines. Now Indonesia’s moving to protect its coasts by restoring thousands of miles of mangrove swamps.

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