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Story Publication logo September 25, 2012

El Mar Contra el Manglar

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Media file: Tocones son lo que quedan de los manglares cuando ya llegan las olas del Pacifico.JPG
Stumps are all that remain of the mangroves as the crashing waves push onto the beach in El Salvador. Image by Simeon Tegel. El Salvador, 2012.

Spain's El Pais newspaper reports on how rising sea levels in El Salvador are ravaging mangroves and undercutting the only source of cash income of impoverished villagers.

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