GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

Explain the purpose of the "Mangrove Alliance for Climate" launched at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt in November 2022. Elaborate on the importance of mangroves in maintaining the coastal ecology of tropical nations.

Answered by 13 toppers · CSE 2022–2025

Biodiversity and ConservationClimate ChangeEnvironmental Governance

Syllabus: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

How toppers approached it

From all 13 answers · about 200 words · 31% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A date or context38%
  • No separate opening38%
  • A definition15%
  • A direct answer8%

Body

  • Points92%
  • Points and prose8%

Close

  • A way forward46%
  • A summary31%
  • No separate close23%

The toppers’ answers

RuhaniAIR 5 · CSE 2023 · 136 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a direct answer

The purpose of the "Mangrove Alliance for Climate" launched at COP27 is to protect and preserve mangroves.

The Alliance is aimed at pushing the countries to commit to mangrove protection, which is essential to avert climate change.

Body · points

IMPORTANCE OF MANGROVES IN MAINTAINING COASTAL ECOLOGY :-

  • PREVENTION OF FLOODS :- Mangroves protect coastal areas from floods by acting as a barrier between sea and coastal area.

  • PREVENTION OF SALINITY INGRESS :-

Mangroves prevent the saline water of sea from entering the freshwater of rivers, thus saving the freshwater fishes.

  • MANGROVES ACT LIKE KIDNEYS or filters of the coastal ecosystem as they absorb all the toxic substances

  • PROVISION OF HABITAT to sea water organisms, thus benefitting them.

  • PREVENT GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Close · a summary

Thus, mangroves play an important role in maintaining coastal ecology.

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