Volunteers' Tiny Bamboo Bridges Have Helped Double Migratory Crab Populations on Taiwan
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Volunteers in Taiwan constructed small bamboo bridges and strategically closed a local road during the July–September migration season of mangrove land crabs. The population observed in the most recent migration doubled to 10,000 crabs compared to 5,000 the previous year, directly attributed to these citizen interventions protecting crabs traveling from interior habitat to beaches to lay eggs.
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