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The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. It comprises three Indonesian national parks on the island of Sumatra: Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.
The park is composed of coastal, marine and freshwater ecosystems. The predominantly saline and deltaic mangrove system includes an extensive network of marine waterways and tidal creeks, formed by the interconnecting rivers of Sungei Sibu-Laut, Batang Salak and Sungei Santubong that form the boundary of the park. Some small patches of heath ...
Mangrove plants require a number of physiological adaptations to overcome the problems of low environmental oxygen levels, high salinity, and frequent tidal flooding.Each species has its own solutions to these problems; this may be the primary reason why, on some shorelines, mangrove tree species show distinct zonation.
The Kuala Linggi Mangrove Recreational Forest (Malay: Hutan Rekreasi Paya Laut Kuala Linggi) is a mangrove forest located in Kuala Linggi near Kuala Sungai Baru, Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia, on the south bank of the Linggi River estuary. [1] [2] [3]
The Pantai Indah Kapuk project in Jakarta, was criticized in interviews with various officials for its potentially negative environmental impact and incompatibility with existing regulations. According to a newspaper report, this 1,160-hectare complex has long sparked controversy as it was built in 1989 on an area formerly covered by mangrove ...
Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa. [11]The Earth has approximately 620,000 kilometres (390,000 mi) of coastline. Coastal habitats, which extend to the margins of the continental shelves, make up about 7 percent of the Earth's oceans, [12] but at least 85% of commercially harvested fish depend on coastal environments during at least part of their life cycle. [13]
Riparian-zone disturbance falls into two main categories: hydrologic modifications that indirectly impact riparian communities through changes in stream morphology and hydrologic processes, and habitat alterations that result in direct modification of riparian communities through land clearing or disturbance.
Hutan Melintang (Jawi: هوتن ملينتڠ; Chinese: 半港) is a mukim in Bagan Datuk District, Perak, Malaysia. [1] The town is located next to the Strait of Malacca . The majority of the population works in the fishing industry, which is one of the biggest in Malaysia.