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03-02-2007, 01:31 PM
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| | | Food for Thought
National Geographic Feb.2007 Kennedy Warne article on Mangroves;
"Plant a few trees,and you usher in an ecosystem.
Build Nature a house,and she makes it her home"
Food for thought  (could mangroves help our coastal defences ?)
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03-02-2007, 01:33 PM
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| | | Re: Food for Thought
Nice idea Nightshade...but... what about the introduction of foreign species.
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03-02-2007, 01:53 PM
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Sometimes a mans got to do what a mans got to do,if it benefits
people who live in coastal areas so be it (just think a new ecosystem
to explore and catalogue)
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03-02-2007, 02:09 PM
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we would need a bit more climate change for them to grow here ... wouldnt we? I do like the idea... the mangrove swamps of Bognor!!
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03-02-2007, 02:15 PM
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A little genetic tweaking and they will be alright,
could probably be trained to stay in the wings
and only shuffle out in the event of bad weather
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03-02-2007, 02:18 PM
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| | | Re: Food for Thought
we would need a bit more climate change for them to grow here ... wouldnt we? I do like the idea... the mangrove swamps of Bognor!!
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