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The West Indies, on the trade wind route (2021x4)

Yayınlanma tarihi: May 16, 2021

Let's go to the West Indies, to meet those who are committed to inventing a new way of living with the sea, like Arjen, a young Dutch sailor. In the West Indies, global warming is a reality with, in particular, increasingly violent hurricanes, such as Irma in 2017. On these rapidly urbanizing islands, we are now rediscovering the major importance of mangroves, at the same time biosphere, nursery, and larder for fiddler crab fishermen. But mangroves are above all natural barriers that limit the impact of cyclones and hurricanes.