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