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Mangroves are an important part of our fragile ecosystem and play a key role in maintaining our environment's biodiversity. Regretably, pollution and urban litter are causing the mangrove belts near our cities to choke and die. As civil society , it is our responsibility to protect these fragile ecosystems and with this objective in mind , we at Green Hope UAE embarked on a cleanup mission this Friday , 21st November. We chose the a mangrove belt off the eastern shoreline and 18 of us rose early and drove to the location. We kayaked from the mainland to the mangroves which were located just a few hundred meters off the coastline. We were shocked at the amount of litter that we found entangled amongst the roots of the mangroves. The litter that is carelessly thrown by residents into the water is washed by the tide into these mangroves which choke and eventually die. We spent the morning collecting the trash which ranged from Styrofoam of all shapes and sizes, plastics, metal cans and rusted parts. The bird life in these mangroves was a treat to our eyes and we wondered how many of these beautiful creatures had perished as result of litter ingestion. We loaded the rubbish into our kayaks and rowed back to the mainland with a promise to be back soon. It is very important for residents to understand the impact their littering has on their immediate environment and we do hope that with awareness , this trend will change for the better. The newspaper , 7Days, published our activity photo and this has enabled us to reach out to civil society with the message of biodiversity conservation.
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Praise worthy job Kekashan. Mangroves are pretty good choice.
and good to know your activities got coverage in newspaper as well. :)
Posted 01-12-2014 01:58
Good job Kehkashan. Biodiversity is extremely important so is it's conservation.
Posted 01-12-2014 01:27
Very interesting ,,, to use the youth energy for overall benefit
Posted 01-12-2014 01:06
Thanks for sharing
Posted 01-12-2014 00:33
This seems like a great opportunity to adventure and have fun while learning and getting informated about the topic :)
Posted 30-11-2014 22:45
Nice gesture, this shall attract older people to do the same. In Indonesia also we have a mangrove plantation and nurture, and in Bali, it was being promoted by Christiano Ronaldo, isn't that cool? Keep up the good work Kekhasan
Posted 30-11-2014 22:13
Thanks for sharing Dude!!
Posted 30-11-2014 21:57
Yes indeed. Mangroves do play a major part in our lives. They are known to produce three times the amount of 02 given out by any ordinary plant or tree. Last year, even I got the opportunity of participating in this clean up drive. Great work!
Posted 30-11-2014 19:52
I am from Bangladesh and mangrove biodiversity conservation is also an important issue here as Bangladesh is one of the worst victim of climate change and environment degradation.
Posted 30-11-2014 19:42
So much of trash! How people can be so careless.
Well done & well reported.
I hope people will be more careful in disposing their wastes.
Posted 30-11-2014 19:26
That was a unique way to stretch out,workout,adventure and explore while you also conserved the environment. i salute your efforts boys and girls-please keep up the good job of keeping an eye on the components of paramount importance to our ecosystems. thank you for the informative and enriching piece Kehkashan Basu!!
Posted 30-11-2014 19:08
Mangroves are truely important due to our ecosystem
Posted 30-11-2014 17:34
Thanks for sharing man
Posted 30-11-2014 17:34
Mangroves are amazing .. )
Posted 30-11-2014 17:33