Once abundant along tropical tidal coasts and estuaries worldwide, many mangrove forests have disappeared or are degraded today. ”The current rate of mangrove deforestation has implications not only ...

Bissau’s fringing shoreline along West Africa’s Atlantic coast, a protective green halo along the many bays and estuaries.

Mangrove wood is very hard and dense but not ... were 90 but today there are at least 490 - and that is speeding up deforestation. Arsyad Al Amin, who is involved in a local research project ...

Mangroves are vital ecosystems for our planet – uncover exactly where they are most threatened in the world, and why ...

Syafi’i has spent three decades picking up the crabs scurrying along the coast here in Langkat district on Sumatra Island’s ...

"Mangroves are threatened by deforestation, development, pollution, and dam construction, but the risk to these ecosystems is increasing due to sea-level rise and the increased frequency of severe ...