MANGROVE LAND SHRINKAGE

Heavy equipment leveling ground gardening for expansion of construction of fishing port terminals in mangrove forest areas, coastal areas, Gano Village, Banda Aceh, Thursday (16/10). The area of mangrove forest in Aceh in the 1970s reached 70,000 hectares, but it is currently estimated to remain about 20,000 hectares due to the shrinkage every year reaches 1,000 hectares due to the conversion of land to fire, the development of infratsruktur and wild mining. ANTARA PHOTO/Ampelsa/Rei/ama/14.