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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
How exactly is the tsunami relevant to protecting the planet?
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I think that the relevance is that human activity which is destructive to the environment (deforestation) contributed to the overall deathtoll of the tsunami.
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"The sorrow I feel over the tsunami is magnified by the knowledge that a great deal of destruction could have been avoided," said Selvam Vaithilingam, programme director with the M.S. Swaminathan Foundation in Chennai, India and co-author. "In the five countries most affected by the tsunami, human activities reduced the area of mangroves by 26 percent between 1980 and 2000."
"Just as the degradation of wetlands in Louisiana almost certainly increased Hurricane Katrina's destructive powers, the degradation of mangroves in India magnified the tsunami's destruction," said Neil Burgess, a conservation specialist with World Wildlife Fund and a co-author. "Mangroves provide a valuable ecological service to the communities they protect."
EDIT: I don't wish to defend the makers of this tasteless and offensive ad, I just want to point out what their original train of thought might have been.