Mangroves are crucial coastal ecosystems providing ecological services such as shoreline protection, habitat for marine life, and carbon sequestration.
Assertion (A): Mangroves are very specialised forest ecosystems of tropical and subtropical regions bordering certain sea coasts. Reason (R): They stabilise the shoreline and act as bulwark against encroachments by sea. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 1996 · Topic: Forest and Wildlife (Forest types and distribution in India)
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Answer: A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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