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Java’s protective mangroves smothered by plastic waste

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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. Based on recent fieldwork researchers shows that restoration of this green protection belt is impossible without better waste management.

Source: ScienceDaily.com