Man should help accelerate the natural process that will happen at mud flats of Bagan Jermal/Gurney Drive. If ecology is allowed to take its natural course, the mud-flats will be populated by a mangrove species called Api Api in Malay. This species aka Avicennia is a pioneer in the Mangrove forest......if the Mangrove forests are still around within the vicinty...the mud-flats would had been inhabitated by this particular species by now....
Api-api is a pioneer species and its' presence marks the start of a natural succession which ultimately ends up as a "climax" Mangrove forests. Although not as complex as Tropical Rainforests, it is still a very fascinating and unique ecosystem.......
Penang should help this natural succession by planting Api-api....let us help grow back our mangrove Forests in Bagan Jermal...and not reclaimation destroy our unique ecology.
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