Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental
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At the onset, ABK set out to save Louisiana's coastal cypress forests from ongoing destruction by the cypress mulch industry. Since its inception, Basinkeeper has worked to patrol and advocate for the Basin through education, outreach, monitoring, and enforcement. Current threats to the Atchafalaya include Army Corps diversion projects and industry malfeasance.
Importance of the Atchaflaya Basin at the national scale:
• The Atchafalaya Basin's floodway and forested wetlands protect millions of people, industrial plants, and the Port of South Louisiana (the largest in the Western Hemisphere) from catastrophic floods and severe weather events.
• There is no other single ecosystem in the world more important for migratory birds.
• Better management of the Atchafalaya Basin would improve coastal land loss in south Louisiana.
• As global warming produces more extreme rain events and the sea level continues to rise, the Atchafalaya Basin will be even more crucial in the future to our nation.
Importance of the Atchaflaya Basin at the national scale:
• The Atchafalaya Basin's floodway and forested wetlands protect millions of people, industrial plants, and the Port of South Louisiana (the largest in the Western Hemisphere) from catastrophic floods and severe weather events.
• There is no other single ecosystem in the world more important for migratory birds.
• Better management of the Atchafalaya Basin would improve coastal land loss in south Louisiana.
• As global warming produces more extreme rain events and the sea level continues to rise, the Atchafalaya Basin will be even more crucial in the future to our nation.
