Along the Amazonian coastline in Brazil’s northeastern state of Maranhão, plans are underway for a port project that will ...

Mangroves, seagrass meadows, and salt marshes, collectively termed “Blue Forests,” are counted among the most valuable and productive coastal ecosystems on the planet. A recent literature review of ...

AERIAL view of a town embraced by lush mangroves in Siargao ... DR. Yasmin Primavera-Tirol, dean of the College of Fisheries and Marine Science at Aklan State University, emphasized the need ...

Southeast Asia’s mangrove forests are still at risk of conversion for oil palm, rice and aquaculture, despite their immense potential for mitigating global biodiversity and climate goals.

Yet, nature itself has provided one of the most effective solutions — mangroves. These coastal forests, with their tangled roots and dense canopies, are nature’s silent warriors against rising ...

A national organization of religious leaders urged the environment department to reconsider a project that could threaten vital mangrove areas in the northern province of Cagayan. The Conference of ...

Few trees can find a way to survive in the liminal space where dry land meets the sea. Mangroves are the exception. These impressively resilient trees can withstand rapidly shifting tides ...

Around 28 GAA pitches worth of mangrove land is lost every day in the Niger Delta due to oil pollution. Nearly 6,000 hectares of mangrove forests in the Niger Delta are lost to oil spills annually.

SINGAPORE – Conserving the remaining, nearly intact peatlands and mangroves of South-east Asia – the region’s green lungs – can absorb far more carbon dioxide (CO2) than restoring ...

Mangroves help shield our coastlines from damage caused by storms. Black mangroves are native coastal plants. Despite its name, black mangroves have green leaves that are long and slender in shape.

Mangrove forests are crucial wetland ecosystems located in tropical and subtropical intertidal zones, but they have become extensively degraded. As a viable ecological restoration strategy, the ...

This makes retrieving plastics from the ocean extremely difficult – almost impossible. It is estimated that marine plastics are contributing to the death of more than 100,000 marine mammals every year ...