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… to coastal communities, acting as a buffer to coastal erosion, a filter to pollutants, and a nursery area for … or impacts natural mangroves through channel- building, erosion, and other means (Mmochi 2015). Other threats to … and the compounded impacts of deforestation, including erosion, sedimentation and siltation (Jones et al. 2016). …

… and recreation, coastal protection from flooding and erosion, and the less tangible benefits from cultural, … water pollutants, and reducing damage from storms and erosion. Warm-water coral reefs have the highest biodiversity …

… through improved forest management in watersheds (reducing erosion and marine sediment deposition) or, over the longer … and pesticide runoff, forest practices that reduce erosion and siltation, or guidelines for the wise use of … watercourses, into the sea; • sediments resulting from erosion and land-use practices in upstream and coastal areas; …