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Mangrove Reforestation in Samut Prakan

Posted on August 10, 2009

Many of the coastal provinces in Thailand have mangrove forests. However, the number of mangroves over the last 30 years or so have decreased greatly. In 1961 there were 909,346 acres of mangrove forests. By 2002 this number had reduced to only 593,052 acres. This is mainly due to urbanization, agriculture…

Written by: Richard Barrow

Read more: Mangrove Reforestation in Samut Prakan at Richard Barrow’s Life in Thailand

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