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UG.IESS.IB.011 The Value of Mangroves to Ghana's Coast

Mangrove is a term that is used to refer to two things, first is the mangrove plant (usually the trees) the second is the mangrove ecosystem. Though there are globally over 80 species of plant that fall under the
mangrove label, in Ghana we have just six mangrove species, but the most common are the red mangrove and the black mangrove Rhizophora and Avicennia respectively, both of these species have roots that