WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - Tropical mangrove trees are better at storing climate-warming carbon than most other forests, so cutting them down unleashes far more greenhouse gas than deforestation ...
Home to one-third of all mangroves globally, Southeast Asia has outsize potential to lock away greenhouse gases in these carbon-dense ecosystems. But deforestation for a range of commodities, cyclone ...
Mangroves are rich and biodiverse coastal ecosystems that flood and emerge with the tides. Now villagers are burning these trees to better their lives. Oliver S. / Alamy This article is from Hakai ...
BALIK PULAU: It might have felt icky at first but once they got used to the mud, they could focus on the task of getting all 6,490 ­mangrove tree seedlings planted before the high tide rolled in. “My ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — At the rear of Rio de Janeiro's polluted Guanabara Bay, thousands of mangroves rise as tall as 13 feet (about 4 meters) from a previously deforested area. The 30,000 trees, planted by ...
A man plants mangroves at a beach at Pekan Bada, Indonesia's Aceh province - Copyright AFP Roslan RAHMAN A man plants mangroves at a beach at Pekan Bada, Indonesia's ...
Mowilex partnered with environmental hero Rudi Hartono to plant 25,000 mangrove trees that will protect the environment and generate income for residents of Kupah River Village, West Kalimantan. Rudi ...
On a recent Tuesday morning, several dozen Pakistani schoolchildren barreled down a wooden walkway into a thicket of mangroves. They jostled for space at a small viewing platform and eagerly pointed ...
A Windsor resident is responsible for the illegal removal of mangrove trees and pollution of the Indian River Lagoon from the unpermitted clearing of his Sebastian waterfront property, state and ...
Mangroves are unique forests adapted to live along the coasts in mostly tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Mangroves are in danger as they are cleared to make room for farms, mines, and ...
David Borbón and his community are working to restore mangroves in a fishing village within Mexico’s El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, one of the country’s largest protected areas. The mangroves act as a ...