Mangrove roots. Photo source: © SAF — Coastal Care
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Besides protecting mangrove forests themselves, the effort aims to improve local fisheries, as many fish species breed and raise their young in shoreline mangroves, and build resilience to worsening storm surges and coastal erosion, which can be slowed by mangroves.
Mangrove forests can also help regulate coastal rainfall, ensuring supplies of water.
But mangrove forests are also particularly effective at absorbing carbon dioxide, one of the major drivers of climate change…
Read Full Article, The Star (10-29-2016)
Coastal Kenyan villages bringing their mangrove forest back to life, Guardian UK (02-24-2016)
A community on Kenya’s east coast is fighting climate change with its own mangrove restoration, conservation and carbon-trading project…
Tanzania: Mangrove Project Bears Fruit; All’Africa (07-17-2016)
Sri Lanka to become the first nation in the world to protect all its mangroves; Guardian UK (05-12-2015)
More than half the world’s mangroves have been lost over the last century but all of those surviving in Sri Lanka, one of their most important havens, are now to be protected in an unprecedented operation…
Let mangroves recover to protect coasts; BBC News (09-17-2016)
Allowing mangrove forests to recover naturally result in more resilient habitats that benefit both wildlife and people, say conservationists…
Destruction of Mangroves Costs up to US$42 billion in Economic Damages Annually – UNEP Report (10-14-2014)
The world is losing its mangroves at a faster rate than global deforestation, the United Nations revealed, in a new report “Importance of Mangroves: A Call to Action,” adding that the destruction of the coastal habitats was costing billions in economic damages and impacting millions of lives…
Mangroves Help Protect Against Sea Level Rise, Science Daily (07-27-2015)
Mangrove forests could play a crucial role in protecting coastal areas from sea level rise caused by climate change, according to new research involving the University of Southampton…
Preserving Mangroves Provides Protection and Food Security, IPS News (11-16-2015)
The World Must Invest In Mangroves, The Ecologist (04-11-2014)
Making Local People Stewards of the Earth; IPS News (09-23-2013)
