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Final Report of Vegetation Assessment
forested area is occurring not only due to hypersalinity and local pressure of wood and fodder
harvest, but also due to erosion by sea uprooting the full grown Avicennia trees. The
increasing intensity of erosion is may be due to a combination factors such as lack of silt
deposition due to meagre flow of river water into delta and the overall sea level rise due to
climate change. Immediate rehabilitation measures through ensuring certain amount of Indus
River freshwater flow into the delta, coordinated resource management approach; alternate
sources of energy and creation of awareness amongst the leadership are required to restore
the healthy ecosystem in the area.
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