Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

The Mangrove Regeneration Project

Mangrove forests:

• protect coastal areas from 1 by the sea
• are an important habitat for wildlife

Problems:

• mangroves had been used by farmers as 2
• mangroves were poisoned by the use of 3
• local people used the mangroves as a place to put their 4

Actions taken to protect the mangroves:

• a barrier which was made of 5 was constructed - but it failed
• new mangroves had to be grown from seed
• the seeds of the 6 mangrove were used

First set of seedlings:

• kept in small pots in a 7
• Watered with 8 water
• planted out on south side of a small island
• at risk from the large 9 population

Second set of seedlings:

• planted in the seabed near established mangrove roots
• the young plants were destroyed in a 10

Results:

The first set of seedlings was successful