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Mangrove cover restoration in Pichavaram
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- The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has drawn up a comprehensive plan for the rehabilitation of coastal habitats by creating bio-shields, and restoring degraded mangroves in Cuddalore district.
- The Department will increase mangrove cover in the region by 100 hectares for the year 2023-24.
- The Pichavaram mangroves are among the most productive ecosystems in the State, and are a storehouse of biodiversity.
- It is supporting 840 species of flora and fauna.
- These includes 115 species of birds, 16 species of mammals, 11 amphibians, 177 species of finfish, 95 species of zooplanktons, 82 phytoplanktons, 35 species of butterflies, 17 snakes and 3 species of seagrass.
- The mangrove cover in Tamil Nadu is 44.94 square kilometres (sq km), out of which 7.73 sq km fall in Cuddalore.
- About 21% of Pichavaram is occupied by waterbodies, 27% by healthy mangrove vegetation, 38% by mudflats with sparsely grown mangroves.
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