Mangrove Action Project.(Earth Island in the news)

Earth Island Journal | March 22, 2005| | Copyright

When the Zhangjiang Guolin Aquatic Products Company, an international shrimp farmer and exporter, opened shop along the tranquil coastline of the Leizhou Peninsula in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, it was either unaware of or unconcerned about the detrimental effects of its activities on the vast coastal ecosystem. The subtropical, ecologically diverse Peninsula, with its breathtaking bays, estuaries, and mangrove forests, is one of many mangrove ecosystems endangered by rapid expansion of shrimp farming worldwide.

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