Mumbai s Mangrove getting slashed time to time

Pune | Tuesday | 15th June, 2021

Summary:

Mangrove ecosystems provide a range of economic and environmental benefits to people who utilise them as ecosystem goods and services. Therefore mangrove ecosystems significantly support the coastal economy by providing valuable fishery resources. The latest notification brings the total mangrove forests under protected status to 3948 ha — almost 40 square km. The Mumbai coastal area always had some of the other challenges. Which has resulted in an imbalance of the Coastal Environ system Such as hampering Mangroves at coastal lines?.