SciDevNet: Injudicious site and species selection while planting 'bioshields' -- plantations that protect coastlines against natural disasters -- could be ecologically damaging in the long term, a study warns.
Catastrophic cyclones and a devastating tsunami over the last decade have prompted the planting of bioshields, but whether they actually work to protect the coastline remains unanswered, the study published online in February in Acta Oecologica says.
Bioshields range from pristine ecosystems of...