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Research article
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16 May 2014
Research article |
| 16 May 2014
Mangroves in peril: unprecedented degradation rates of peri-urban mangroves in Kenya
J. O. Bosire
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), P.O. Box 62440-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
J. J. Kaino
Department of Environmental Science, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya
A. O. Olagoke
Institute of Forest Growth and Forest Computer Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Postfach 1117, 01735 Tharandt, Germany
Federal University of Technology, Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure, Nigeria
L. M. Mwihaki
Department of Environmental Science, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya
G. M. Ogendi
Department of Environmental Science, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya
J. G. Kairo
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya
U. Berger
Institute of Forest Growth and Forest Computer Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Postfach 1117, 01735 Tharandt, Germany
D. Macharia
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, P.O. Box 632-00618, Nairobi, Kenya
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