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Riparian Rights Definition: Special rights of people who own land that runs into a water bank (a riparian owner is a person who owns land that runs into a river). Related Terms: Avulsion, Alluvion
Human activities such as dredging and careless boating are threatening South Floridaâs mangroves and seagrass. Despite the valuable role that mangroves and seagrass play in the Florida Keys ecosystem, these plants are facing one particularly large threat: Us. In the Florida Keys, human development is the greatest threat to mangrove communities. Since the 1950s, more than 60 percent of mangroves in Monroe County have been destroyed for development. Activities such as dredging, using herbicides, and increasing waste water runoff have destroyed thousands of acres of mangrove habitat.