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Post-Cyclone, Indian Women See Hope in Seaweed

Thursday, December 29, 2011

The 2009 cyclone that hit the world's largest river delta drove many men out of the region and left the women in eastern India with few livelihood options. But seaweed plants and mangrove trees provide some hope for the future.

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