Threats to Mangroves

Housing pressure
1. Florida has lost 85,000 acres of wetlands to developement
2. Sewage is not properly treated
3. Mangrove trimming is legal on private land
  1. This then kills the mangroves
Shrimp Fishing
1. Witnessing a rise by 20%
  1. This has lead to a deforistation on mangroves to allow for artifictal ponds
    1. 50% of mangroves have been destroyed for this pupose
Tourism
1. Golf cources
  1. Huge fertaliser runoff into mangrove lagoons
2. 370,000 hotel rooms in florida
  1. Need lots of water
    1. This lowers ground water levels making it hard for mangroves to survive
3. 6,000,000 campers camp in Florida a year
  1. They leave waste and pollution behind harming mangroves
Anti-mosquito Policies
1. Huge dikes were build to combat the mosquitoes
  1. This causes the degradation of water quality
  2. Caused prolonged flooding which mangroves could not withstand
  3. High salinity in water make it hard for mangroves to live
  4. The interruption of the free flow of nutrientsdamaged thefragile ecosystems
Population Growth
1. Population has octupled
  1. From 2 million to 16 million
2. Estimated to reach 26 million by 2030
3. It has become the third highest populated state

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	Created by j.ricemellor about 11 years ago