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| Sundarban mangrove forest. |
• Protection against floods, hurricanes and tidal waves.
• Control of shoreline and riverbank erosion.
• Biophysical support to other coastal ecosystems.
• Provision of nursery, breeding and feeding grounds.
• Maintenance of biodiversity and genetic resources.
• Storage and recycling of organic matter, nutrients and pollutants.
• Export of organic matter and nutrients.
• Biological maintenance of resilience.
• Production of oxygen.
• Sink for carbon dioxide.
• Water catchment and groundwater recharge.
• Topsoil formation, maintenance of fertility.
• Influence on local and global climate.
• Control of shoreline and riverbank erosion.
• Biophysical support to other coastal ecosystems.
• Provision of nursery, breeding and feeding grounds.
• Maintenance of biodiversity and genetic resources.
• Storage and recycling of organic matter, nutrients and pollutants.
• Export of organic matter and nutrients.
• Biological maintenance of resilience.
• Production of oxygen.
• Sink for carbon dioxide.
• Water catchment and groundwater recharge.
• Topsoil formation, maintenance of fertility.
• Influence on local and global climate.
