Does plastic waste kill mangroves? (VIDEO)

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

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The mangrove forests on Java's north coast are slowly suffocating in plastic waste. The plastic problem in northeast Asia is huge and a growing threat to the region's mangroves; a natural alley against coastal erosion. A short impression from the fieldwork done by NIOZ researcher Celine van Bijsterveldt shows that restoration of this green protection belt is impossible without better waste management.

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