Floating mangrove forests could relieve pressure on coastal mangroves while protecting livelihoods and boosting communities’ climate resilience. This original UNESCO concept is being tested in Fiji ...

Global Mangrove Watch, GMA’s mapping initiative, reports that the planet’s mangrove cover has decreased by 11,700 km 2 (4,517 mi 2) since 1996, but, accounting for gains, it estimates the net ...

Papuan women’s mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution by: EDNA TARIGAN and FIRDIA LISNAWATI, Associated Press. Posted: Nov 21, 2024 / 05:37 AM CST.

In turn, the forest has shrunk. Nearly six decades ago, the mangrove forest in Youtefa Bay was about 514 hectares. Estimates say it's now less than half that.

Paula Hamadi, 53, said that she never saw the mangrove forest as bad as it is now. For years, she’s been going to the forest almost every day during the low tide in the morning to search for clams.