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Since time immemorial the original population life from salt winning.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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This salt winning is complete manual work under harsh conditions. Thick clothing protects the salt men against salt, solar rays and stinging mosquitoes.
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Since the petrochemical industry is extracting salt on a large scale for their chloride production, many salt winners are loosing their living. |
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Another consequence is that the water supply is disturbed, by which the vulnerable mangrove forests are dying because of draught and siltation.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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As previous photo. Also the inhabitants of these forests (crocodiles, fishes and birds) are disappearing with the forests.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |