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Awase Tidal Flat Area Threateneds
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[1] Is the Seagrass Planting Mitigation Appropriate?
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1. At an experimental transplanting site for seagrass, machinery is used to cut square-shaped seagrass plugs from donor sites to transplant to recipient sites.
(January30.2002)
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2. After a while, the transplanted seagrass are washed away by tides and waves.
(January30.2002)
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3. The result is that almost nothing remains.
(January30.2002)
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4. The big question is: Does this look OK?
An Environmental Committee set up by by the government has affirmed that
these techniques for transplanting seagrass are appropriate, with just
minor adjustments.(January30.2002)
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[2] What is the future of Awase?
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Kids at Awase tidal flats
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Will the Awase tidal flat area provide smiles for all the people, including these kids, into the future?
Or just smiles for some politicians and developers?
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