1.   Commercial logging and shrimp farming in mangrove areas are two prime reasons for the rapid loss.

2.   It represents the largest undisturbed mangrove area in Thailand.

3.   Military officials said troops raided a mangrove area and clashed for nearly an hour with the rebels.

4.   Other violations included the construction of a stone revetment in a mangrove area without a permit and a pier that does not meet the requirements of the permit.

5.   Second, the ratio between the mangrove area and the pond area that yields the maximum advantage for local people must also be decided.

6.   The center is located next to an environmentally-protected mangrove area in the Hoare Sector bordering the Central Park and the San Juan Bay.

7.   The guerrillas scattered and hid in a mangrove area, which troops and navy gunboats were patrolling to flush them out.

8.   These, the Court has now ruled, show the jetty site as part of the western mangrove forest area.

9.   The minister told parliament Sunday that foreign demand for crocodiles was strong and that they would be taken from the Sundarban mangrove forest area.