Sadly, the interesting sights at Labrador Park were spoiled by the presence of rubbish pollution (unfortunately I did not take any pictures of the rubbish) that was clearly caused by inconsiderate people - plastic bottles, glass bottles, milk cartons, planks of concrete, straws and strings along the side of the creek where they just shouldn't have been. And to think that this was only what we could see, not counting all those things at the bottom of the creekbed, and all the detergents and submerged weeds fed by human pollution or even acid rain? This is obviously too much for Mother Nature to purify. The deadly combination of human waste to feed the algae and stagnant water areas caused by rubbish piling up on the riverbed would allow substantial algae growth, which would take even more oxygen out of the mangrove soil. The algae may even prevent the germination of new plants if the situation gets very serious.
To solve this problem, there is no short cut - the only way to prevent the destruction of mangroves would be for everyone to play a part and make a conscious effort to abstain from throwing waste into the sea. Everyone may only have a small part to play, but precisely because of this, it takes everyone to make a difference, and everyone must play their part. I'm glad we all consciously made the effort not to leave any rubbish behind...
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