books.google.co.uk - Mangroves, commonly found along sheltered coastlines in the tropics and subtropics, fulfill important socio-economic and environmental functions: providing wood and non-wood forest products, protecting shores against wind, waves and water currents; conserving biological diversity; protecting coral reefs,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_World_s_Mangroves_1980_2005.html?id=tLdlpOiuSmEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe World's Mangroves 1980-2005