We can also protect the reefs by protecting the surrounding ecosystems, like mangrove forests and seagrass beds.

我们保护珊瑚礁的方法还有保护周边的生态系统，比如红树林和海草丛。

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The mangrove forests are evergreen.

红树林是常青树。

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Only 6.9 percent of mangrove forests are protected by law.

只有6.9%的红树林是受到法律保护。

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For example, areas with mangrove forests were not damaged as badly by the Indian Ocean tsunami in two thousand four.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

A new report says mangrove forests store more planet-warming carbon dioxide than almost any other ecosystem on Earth.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

In some areas there, monkeys play in the tops of mangroves thirty meters tall and dolphins swim in the waters of mangrove forests.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Spanning two states and 146, 000 acres, the biosphere is home to mangrove forests, crocodiles and more than 300 bird species.

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The 220-mile train trip from New York to Boston, for instance, emits the same amount of CO2 as is stored in 2.5 cubic feet of mangrove forests.

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Mangrove forests have lost 30 to 50 per cent of their original cover in the last 50 years while coral reefs have lost 20 per cent, increasing the vulnerability of many highly populated coastal areas.

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