Comments on: Biological coastline protection http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/06/18/biological-coastline-protection/ What associations do you have with waves? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:12:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: nadja http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/06/18/biological-coastline-protection/#comment-3630 nadja Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:44:06 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/06/18/biological-coastline-protection/#comment-3630 well - sometimes you don't realize how vital something is before it's lost. I guess it was the same with the mangroves... well - sometimes you don’t realize how vital something is before it’s lost. I guess it was the same with the mangroves…

]]> By: levende http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/06/18/biological-coastline-protection/#comment-3628 levende Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:56:32 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/06/18/biological-coastline-protection/#comment-3628 Yes I heard that too. So sad :-( Doesn't it really call for self-scrutiny for humankind that plants are smarter in terms of adapting than we are? I mean--cutting down mangroves seems to be just simply basically stupid. Like cutting down the branch one is sitting on, literally. Yes I heard that too. So sad :-(

Doesn’t it really call for self-scrutiny for humankind that plants are smarter in terms of adapting than we are?
I mean–cutting down mangroves seems to be just simply basically stupid. Like cutting down the branch one is sitting on, literally.

]]> By: nadja http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/06/18/biological-coastline-protection/#comment-3627 nadja Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:17:04 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/06/18/biological-coastline-protection/#comment-3627 I was told that a lot of the casualites and catastrophies caused by the Tsunami a few years ago could have been avoided if the mangrove was still there - but alas. On the touristy beaches the mangroves had been cut down to bring the ocean closer to the beach... I was told that a lot of the casualites and catastrophies caused by the Tsunami a few years ago could have been avoided if the mangrove was still there - but alas. On the touristy beaches the mangroves had been cut down to bring the ocean closer to the beach…

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