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… extreme weather events 1. Mangroves Mangroves are salt-water tolerant shrubs and trees that grow in shallow, … floodplains. If these are left intact- with their related inland lakes and swamps - they can act as a giant reservoir. … water over a wide area, reducing damage downstream. 4. Inland deltas When rivers flow into a wide, flat inland lake …

… hazards like flooding, tropical cyclones and droughts. UN Water estimates that 90% of all natural hazards are … than $625 million in damages from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Inland, wetlands act as a natural sponge, absorbing and … park, the damage from the 2004 tsunami extended just 50m inland. In nearby Peraliya, where coral mining had degraded …

… 46 4.4.2 Climate change impacts on fresh water resources and … 46 4.4.3 Indigenous peoples in watershed areas and inland deltas - Case … RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; IN THE BACKGROUND, A WATER STRESS MAP BASED ON THE 2005 VERSION OF WATERGAP … disappeared. SE Asia Poorly known, but scattered groups of inland foragers throughout the Malaysian peninsula, in the …

… requires  aquatic  vegetation  in or around  shallow water, on marshlands and  in  river basins  … increased human pressures from water extraction. Water resources for this  region  are  … is a  large aquatic mammal found  in coastal and  inland wetlands of Western Africa between Mauritania  …