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How Dense Tree Cover Boosts Estuarine Ecosystem Health

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The episode discusses how dense tree cover can help to improve the health of estuarine ecosystems. It describes how trees can provide a critical source of food and shelter for estuarine animals. Listen now.

Estuaries – the places where rivers and streams converge and flow into the sea – are particularly vulnerable to pollution and other causes of man-made disruption such as over-fishing and the industrialisation of coastal areas. One of the main sources of pollution in estuarine environments is the run-off of fertilisers and pesticides from farms. As these substances are washed into rivers by heavy rain and flooding, they collect in estuaries and build up to levels that can be harmful to the wildlife living in these areas.

How Dense Tree Cover Boosts Estuarine Ecosystem Health

How Dense Tree Cover Boosts Estuarine Ecosystem Health

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