MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) will soon lose over 6.7 acres of mangroves in Thane for a new road from Kasarvadavli to Kharbao which is being termed ‘New Thane’.

They store carbon from the atmosphere and act as a buffer from tropical storms and coastal erosion, so mangroves are crucial to building climate resilience. More than 1 million hectares (ha ...

Despite our improved understanding of the importance of mangrove forests and their ecosystem services, negative perceptions of these wetlands are still common. We highlight the dangers of recurrent ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A body was found in mangroves on Monday afternoon, according to the Tampa Police Department. Just before 3:15 p.m., officers responded to the area of the 2400 block of ...

The villagers of Dakuni in Beqa have taken the initiative to plant more than 2,000 mangroves to conserve their natural resources, as soil erosion has been affecting their beach. The Turaga ni Koro ...

Take a trip along the coastlines of Karnataka and Maharashtra, and you are bound to run into stretches of mangroves and wetlands Not only are these areas breathtaking, but they are also vital to the ...

Building resilience into mangrove conservation plans requires an understanding of how mangroves will respond to climate changes, what factors help them survive these changes, and, consequently, which ...

YANGON: Myanmar's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has designated a new protected mangrove forest area in the southern state of Mon, the state-run daily The Mirror ...

The country has also lost old-growth forest and mangrove cover and saw a decline in forest cover across the Western Ghats. The net rise in forest cover takes the area under forest cover to 7,15,342.61 ...