News Headline
Mangroves under threat as Cameroonians move toward coast
Source
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Publication Date
2013-05-22
Mangroves that could protect Cameroon from rising seas may be subject to more pressure than they can bear, as people migrating to the country’s southwestern coast clear trees at a rate so fast they can’t regenerate, scientists at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) said.