Buffering

(b) Breaking the Waves Assessment of the Buffering Capacity of Mangroves and Coral Reefs is a response to the Indian Ocean tsunami.

One is that they intervene directly in markets, both domestic and across borders, to reduce competition and volatility while they rebuild their buffering capacity.

With regard to disaster reduction, he noted that a review of the damage caused by the December 2004 tsunami indicated that the natural ecosystems that had remained intact had played a vital role in buffering the force of the waves and protecting human settlements.