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Cubas mangroves dying of thirst

2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: In the 1960s, the Cuban government declared that storage of fresh water for times of drought or hurricanes was a matter of national security, and it began to dam up the countrys rivers. But that policy has claimed an unforeseen victim: mangroves. The sea swallowed up the old road connecting Batabanó and Mayabeque beaches, in southwest Cuba. In the last 50 years, more than 100 metres of coastline have been lost in that area to the south of Havana. The weakened mangroves, which now receive hardly...

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