This illustration shows the impact of storm surge on coastal infrastructure and people with and without mangrove forests. Credit: © World Bank and Punto Aparte The ...

Brazilian researchers have developed an index that can measure the health of mangrove soils at different stages. When applied to degraded, restored, and preserved areas, the index revealed that ...

In Barra de Santiago, local people are struggling to save one of the few remaining mangrove forests, as they are lost to agriculture and urban sprawl ...

A shift in the way we think about the benefits mangroves provide to coastal regions could yield significant economic and biodiversity gains and protect millions from flooding, research has revealed. A ...

The need to preserve mangroves and the ecosystem services they sustain, while also providing for the social and economic needs of the people who depend on them, is one of coastal conservation’s ...

Part of the team managing the Mikoko Pamoja project. A group of farmers in South Coast, Kwale County has changed their fortunes and environment through the growing and protection of mangroves. The ...

In the neighbourhoods of Pescador 1 and 2, in Turbo, northern Colombia, mangroves intertwine to create a natural barrier between land and sea that protects against soil erosion and storm surges. Over ...

It is highly likely that the term "ecosystem" lacks its equivalent in a majority of local languages. Defined as a structural and functional unit of ecology where the living organisms interact with ...

The national vulnerability assessment workshop identified mangrove areas around Madagascar which are key priorities for climate-change-related conservation action. The project will assess the ...

Ahmedabad: Gujarat's forest department is preparing a new policy framework that places wetland and mangrove conservation at ...

The Gorai Mangrove Park, developed by the Mangrove Cell of the Maharashtra forest department, is likely to open to the public ...