42% of Puthuvype’s mangroves vanished in last 20 years, finds study

42% of Puthuvype’s mangroves vanished in last 20 years, finds study

Infrastructure projects and dumping of waste among key factors that resulted in decline of mangroves Infrastructure projects and dumping of waste among key factors that resulted in decline of mangroves Around 42% of mangroves in the ecologically-sensitive Puthuvype region in Ernakulam district has vanished over the last two decades, mainly owing to unchecked human interference, […]

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