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Maria and Luis have recently received a letter regarding to the ecosystem of Altona coastal park. It talks about the environment of Altona coastal park which is quite close to where they live, it talks about the flora and fauna of that ecosystem and is trying to convince residents to take better care of it. PERSUASIVE LETTER!

Dear residents, I am writing to you regards to the eco system of Altona coastal park, it is important that we look after the flora and fauna there so we can still capture there beauty in the future. Altona coastal park is a home to birds, animals, and plants. The park has generally salt marsh vegetation including shrubby glasswort, beaded glasswort. It has at least 8 rare plant species including the white mangroves. Lots of carpobrotus glaucesceans can be found at the park, many of the plants that grow in salt marsh cannot be found anywhere else so it is important to look after them. About 149 species of birds are recorded there; some of the aquatic birds are black duck, stilt, ibis, clack swan, red-legged oyster catchers, gulls, pelicans, and petrels. While some of the terrestrial birds are larks, rosella, little tits, nankeen and wagtails. The salt marsh is a home too many endangered species for example the orange-bellied parrot, the shrubby glasswort and the beaded glasswort provide food for it, the species has a very small population and is on the verge of extinction in the wild. You yourself can help by lending a hand and volunteering to help out either by cleaning up there habitats, or feeding the animals. Maybe you can plant new plants, or water the ones that are already there, so there is a fresher range of plants for them to eat.. You can also visit and make sure they are going well with everything. One of the introduced species is a rabbit, the negative impact that they have on the eco system is that they destroy native plants that animals eat from the eco system, they breed a lot and they are spreading all over the eco systems very fast. From Areeba Nadeem

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