红树林的重要性

红树林对人们很重要，因为它们有助于稳定多米尼加共和国的海岸线生态系统并防止侵蚀。红树林还通过在每年发生的飓风等极端天气事件期间防止侵蚀和吸收风暴潮的影响，为附近的人口稠密地区提供自然基础设施和保护。

红树林对生态系统也很重要。它们茂密的根有助于结合和建造土壤。它们的地上根部减缓了水流并促进沉积物沉积，从而减少海岸侵蚀。复杂的红树林根系过滤水中的硝酸盐、磷酸盐和其他污染物，改善从河流和溪流流入河口和海洋环境的水质。

Mangrove forests also provides habitat and refuge to a wide array of wildlife such as birds, fish, invertebrates, mammals and plants. Estuarine habitats with coastal mangrove shorelines and tree roots are often important spawning and nursery territory for juvenile marine species including shrimp, crabs, and many sport and commercial fish species such as redfish, snook and tarpons. Branches of the mangroves act as bird rookeries and nesting areas for coastal wading birds including egrets, herons, cormorants and roseate spoonbills. In some areas, red mangrove roots are ideal for oysters, which can attach to the portion of the roots that hang into the water. Endangered species such as the smalltooth sawfish, manatee, hawksbill sea turtle, Key Deer and the Florida panther rely on this habitat during some stage of their life cycle.

红树林为人们提供自然体验，例如观鸟、钓鱼、浮潜、皮划艇、单桨冲浪，以及在大自然中享受宁静时光带来的治疗性平静和放松。作为商业鱼类种群的育苗场，它们还为社区带来经济利益。

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红树林造林项目

1998年，飓风乔治摧毁了很多地区的红树林，无法自行恢复。 Los Haitises 国家公园有几个空地，这些地方需要重新造林。红树林对生态系统非常重要。它们有助于稳定海岸线生态系统，并防止侵蚀和吸收极端天气事件（例如每年来临的飓风）期间的风暴潮影响。红树林还为各种野生动物提供栖息地和避难所，例如鸟类、鱼类、无脊椎动物、哺乳动物和植物。加入我们，帮助大自然。