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Q: Discuss how to overcome the threats to mangrove ecosystem?

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Q: Explain Briefly what is SDG 14 – Life below Water SDG 15 – Life on Land and its importance.

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Q: 1. What is ecological succession? Describe/compare the two types of ecological succession.

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Q: Based on the food web, would you consider woolly mammoth a keystone species? Why or why not?

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