MANGROVE SWAMP

● Water is not very salt or very fresh (brackish)

● Habitat for local and migrant species
● Roots prevent anything from the land going into the sea
● Roots act as a trap to prevent silt from rivers damaging coral
● Contains many nutrients
● Breeding ground for fish
● Protection for young fish
● Buffers wave action

PROBLEMS
● Charcoal burning
● Housing
● Improper waste disposal
● Improper farming

EFFECTS
● Depletion of biodiversity
● Loss of habitat
● Less protection from storm surges and hurricanes

SOLUTION
● Reafforestation
● Use different species for charcoal
● Zoning
● Laws to regulate removal of mangroves

LAWS
● Wildlife protection act
● Forest resource conservation act
● National beach, park and Rivers protection

KINGSHILL FOREST
● One of the oldest forest reserves in the W Hemisphere
● Implemented- 1791
● Created to protect land and for creation of rainfall
● About 200m above sea level
● Birds migrate btwn Kingshill and Brighton Mangrove Swamp

PROBLEMS
● Squatting
● Poaching
● Deforestation

EFFECTS
● Deforestation

LAWS
● Forest conservation act