El Salvador Mangroves USAGM
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- El Salvador Mangroves USAGM
- September 5, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE (PLAYBOOK SLUG: EL SALVADOR MANGROVES TV HEADLINE: Climate Change Stresses El Salvador’s Mangrove Forests TEASER: Coastal communities are working with nongovernmental organizations to protect these important natural resources PUBLISHED: BYLINE: Claudia Zaldaña DATELINE: Garita Palmera, El Salvador VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Cristina Caicedo Smit SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; MAS VIDEO SOURCE: VOA PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:07 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG: EDITOR NOTES: Please return to Cristina Smit and copy to HFR when done.)) ((INTRO)) [[In El Salvador, climate change is stressing the country's mangrove forests. Some coastal communities are working with nongovernmental organizations to save these important areas that protect the coastline. For VOA News, Claudia Zaldaña visited the area and has the report.]] ((NARRATION)) The Salvadoran community of Garita Palmer has one of the most beautiful mangrove forests in the country. According to the Salvadoran Ecological Unit this is the second largest wetland in the country. The water around here is briny; a mix of fresh water and salt water. All kinds of animals live and breed here, including octopus, blue crabs, and white catfish, among others. But climate change and other environmental pressures are having an increasingly negative impact on these important regions. The biggest problem is that the water is getting saltier. ((Benigno Gómez, Community Leader)) ((IN SPANISH)) "There has been an amount of salinity, where the species, the aquatic life have died in a big quantity." ((NARRATION)) To protect this important natural resource local communities are working with non-governmental organizations like the Salvadoran Ecological Unit, to monitor the environmental health of these regions. ((Fátima Romero, Salvadoran Ecological Unit Biologist)) ((IN SPANISH)) "It is a process to see the salinity of the wetland, measuring physical-chemical factors such as dissolved oxygen, dissolved salinity in the water and solids, PH that measures acidity or how acidotic the water is." ((NARRATION)) Some of the activities include reforestation, the cleaning of mangrove canals and increased protection of plants and animals. ((Benigno Gómez, Community Leader)) ((IN SPANISH)) “The whole community has to help; we must work together because it is our way of life.” (((Fátima Romero, Salvadoran Ecological Unit Biologist)) ((IN SPANISH)) "All the communities surrounding the ecosystem are dependent on it and not only the surrounding communities, but all of us." ((NARRATION)) El Salvador’s Ministry of Natural Resources says the region has lost over 60 percent of its mangrove cover since 1950. In recent years, the mangroves have been damaged by powerful hurricanes, deforestation and local farming practices. Farmers have been building more dams in the area, and this prevents that El Aguacate River, from pumping fresh water into these wetlands, putting even greater stress on these important forests. For Claudia Zaldaña in Garita Palmera, El Salvador, Cristina Caicedo Smit VOA News.
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE (PLAYBOOK SLUG: EL SALVADOR MANGROVES TV HEADLINE: Climate Change Stresses El Salvador’s Mangrove Forests TEASER: Coastal communities are working with nongovernmental organizations to protect these important natural resources PUBLISHED: BYLINE: Claudia Zaldaña DATELINE: Garita Palmera, El Salvador VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Cristina Caicedo Smit SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; MAS VIDEO SOURCE: VOA PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:07 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG: EDITOR NOTES: Please return to Cristina Smit and copy to HFR when done.)) ((INTRO)) [[In El Salvador, climate change is stressing the country's mangrove forests. Some coastal communities are working with nongovernmental organizations to save these important areas that protect the coastline. For VOA News, Claudia Zaldaña visited the area and has the report.]] ((NARRATION)) The Salvadoran community of Garita Palmer has one of the most beautiful mangrove forests in the country. According to the Salvadoran Ecological Unit this is the second largest wetland in the country. The water around here is briny; a mix of fresh water and salt water. All kinds of animals live and breed here, including octopus, blue crabs, and white catfish, among others. But climate change and other environmental pressures are having an increasingly negative impact on these important regions. The biggest problem is that the water is getting saltier. ((Benigno Gómez, Community Leader)) ((IN SPANISH)) "There has been an amount of salinity, where the species, the aquatic life have died in a big quantity." ((NARRATION)) To protect this important natural resource local communities are working with non-governmental organizations like the Salvadoran Ecological Unit, to monitor the environmental health of these regions. ((Fátima Romero, Salvadoran Ecological Unit Biologist)) ((IN SPANISH)) "It is a process to see the salinity of the wetland, measuring physical-chemical factors such as dissolved oxygen, dissolved salinity in the water and solids, PH that measures acidity or how acidotic the water is." ((NARRATION)) Some of the activities include reforestation, the cleaning of mangrove canals and increased protection of plants and animals. ((Benigno Gómez, Community Leader)) ((IN SPANISH)) “The whole community has to help; we must work together because it is our way of life.” (((Fátima Romero, Salvadoran Ecological Unit Biologist)) ((IN SPANISH)) "All the communities surrounding the ecosystem are dependent on it and not only the surrounding communities, but all of us." ((NARRATION)) El Salvador’s Ministry of Natural Resources says the region has lost over 60 percent of its mangrove cover since 1950. In recent years, the mangroves have been damaged by powerful hurricanes, deforestation and local farming practices. Farmers have been building more dams in the area, and this prevents that El Aguacate River, from pumping fresh water into these wetlands, putting even greater stress on these important forests. For Claudia Zaldaña in Garita Palmera, El Salvador, Cristina Caicedo Smit VOA News.
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date September 5, 2022 11:10 EDT
- Byline Claudia Zaldana
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America