Mangrove Series #3 Traditional Geocache
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Take a tour around different areas Qatar Mangrove swamp/forests. Some interesting fora & flora, birds and surprises. Well used tracks around the area. Be prepared for some wading! Easier if planned for a low tide visit Can be done with saloon car. Small container with log and Geocache doc's only.
“Mangroves are very good at sequestering carbon – they store five to eight times more carbon than tropical or boreal forest. Mangrove forest’s complex root systems anchor the plants into underwater sediment, slowing down incoming tidal waters and allowing organic and inorganic material to settle into the sediment surface. Low oxygen conditions slow decay rates, so much of the carbon accumulates in the soil. When mangrove swamps are converted for other uses, large amount of carbon are then released to the atmosphere. “So losing mangroves, even if it is a small area, is very significant in terms of carbon loss,” Over the last 35 years almost 50 percent of the Earth’s coastal ecosystems have disappeared due to agricultural and aquaculture expansion, forest over exploitation, infrastructure and industrial development.
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