Mangroves - a Vanishing Resource (1)
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ANYONE who has flown low over Nigeria's coastline, or plied the creeks and rivers of the Niger Delta in a boat, must surely have been struck by ubiquitous stilted-root trees, with slim trunks and evergreen crests, thickly lining the waterways.