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Originally Posted by Rusty Hinge[_2_]
Jeff Layman wrote:
It was an extrapolation. Once people find out that something can be
exploited, they start exploiting it from areas where it hasn't been
artificially planted. Just think of places like Bangladesh; if
mangroves were able to be exploited for charcoal, I am sure it would
have been done there, and goodness knows what would happen to that
low-lying land if the mangroves went.
OTOH, if they could be persuaded to grow on the coast (much of which is
pretty low-lying) they could be managed so that it would prevent erosion
and indeed, encourage silting, giving partial protection from storms and
tsunami, and provide a useful crop.
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Rusty
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I did not thought about coastal erosion, but it is a good consideration. For this problem, wouldn't channelling the seawater inland be more effective?
With the UK being blessed with sea, I would have thought we may take the lead and experiment with such ideas.