Mangroves Prevent Billions in Coastal Damage

There is a fact is that mangroves can prevent billions in coastal damage. Most individuals generally underestimate how bad flood damage is. There are other types of flood damage besides the apparent destruction to cities that you see on the news when there are huge floods. Each year, numerous storms cost the US economy alone $50 billion in damage to coastal regions. And this is a problem that costs as much as $730 billion annually in every region of the world where land and water converge.

Even while people can repair harm after it occurs, our natural defenses are one of our most important assets. Natural reefs and mangroves, in particular those gnarly-looking trees whose roots hang down into marshes and rivers, play a significant role in controlling flood floods. They act as a defense against rising waters and lessen flood damage by roughly $65 billion.