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Recent studies have increasingly focused public attention on endangered mangroves given their ability to absorb and store carbon up to four times the rate of other forests. According to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a recent study found over 6.4 billion metric tons of carbon in mangrove soil, equal to the carbon being released annually by more than 6,000 coal power plants.
The mangrove sonneratia in Alba, Capiz. PHOTO BY ZOFEL COCHING AND THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON