Sunderbans turns more to mangroves, thanks to Aila
15 years, 6 months ago

Sunderbans turns more to mangroves, thanks to Aila

The Hindu  

With mangroves in the Sunderbans having acted as a natural buffer against cyclone Aila, residents of three villages in the region have decided to plant them in 75 hectares on their own. The villagers of Sonagaon, Mathurakhand and Amlamethi have understood that the only way to save their homes was to save mangroves in the Sunderbans and so they have begun planting mangroves without any financial support from the government from last Sunday, NGO Nature, Environment and Wildlife Society which is helping them with the project said. The cyclone could not destroy the riversides where there were mangroves, whereas the embankments without mangroves had been washed away,” project coordinator of the NGO Ajanta Dey said. Ms. Dey said last year the NGO had planted mangroves in around 150 hectares of land with community participation in five villages of Sonagaon, Dulki, Mathurakhand and Amlamethi in the Sunderban Tiger Reserve and Tridibnagar under Sunderban Biosphere Reserve.

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Coastal mangroves can mitigate tsunami, cyclones, and floods
1 month ago

Coastal mangroves can mitigate tsunami, cyclones, and floods

The Hindu  

Coastal mangroves act as bio-shields against natural catastrophic disasters, including cyclones and flooding. In a recent study, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay focused on evaluating how emergent coastal vegetation acts as a natural barrier against the impact of tsunamis. The team included Professor Manasa R. Behera, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Climate …

Mangroves saved $855 billion that could have been lost to floods globally
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mangroves saved $855 billion that could have been lost to floods globally

India Today  

A new study from the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience at UC Santa Cruz has revealed that mangroves provide an astonishing $855 billion in flood protection services globally. The study, titled Building Coastal Resilience with Mangroves: The Contribution of Natural Flood Defenses to the Changing Wealth of Nations, emphasises the critical role mangroves play in shielding coastal communities from floods, …

Half of world's mangroves under threat, says conservation group
10 months ago

Half of world's mangroves under threat, says conservation group

The Hindu  

Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse as a result of human activity, rising sea levels and extreme weather, according to the latest survey by an international conservation group. Unless action is taken, a quarter of the world's total mangrove areas could be completely submerged within 50 years, with critically endangered ecosystems in India, Sri Lanka …

Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds
10 months, 1 week ago

Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds

NPR  

Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems, with trees whose roots stretch down into brackish water, are at risk of collapse. "Undoubtedly the main threat we have found is exactly climate change and …

The Sundarbans dilemma: Islands swallowed by water, and nowhere else to go
1 year, 2 months ago

The Sundarbans dilemma: Islands swallowed by water, and nowhere else to go

Al Jazeera  

Sundarbans, India – Panchanan Dolui, who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and river erosion. Located in West Bengal state in eastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh, the Sundarbans forest system is a cluster of low-lying islands and represents the largest mangrove ecosystem in the world. Now, the Sundarbans are increasingly …

Concerted efforts under way to reverse mangrove forest depletion in Ramnad
1 year, 10 months ago

Concerted efforts under way to reverse mangrove forest depletion in Ramnad

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: With the massive mangrove stretch spread over the district's coastal stretch shrinking over the recent decades owing to human intervention and climate change, the forest department has been taking concerted efforts to reverse the depletion through planting drives. According to the forest department, the Avicennia marina is the only dominant mangrove species existing in Ramanathapuram district. Special schemes are …

ECO-MANGROVE
1 year, 10 months ago

ECO-MANGROVE

China Daily  

Editor's Note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Mangrove areas that provide habitats for water birds and other creatures and protect coastal areas from marine disasters urgently need to be restored, according to experts and officials …

ECO-MANGROVE
1 year, 10 months ago

ECO-MANGROVE

China Daily  

Editor's Note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Mangrove areas that provide habitats for water birds and other creatures and protect coastal areas from marine disasters urgently need to be restored, according to experts and officials …

Explained | Why have mangroves got a Budget push?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Why have mangroves got a Budget push?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union Budget for 2023-24 announced an initiative for mangrove plantation along the coastline and on salt pan lands, under MISHTI. The ‘State of World Mangroves 2022’ report by the Global Mangrove Alliance puts the total mangrove cover of the world at 1,47,000 sq km. Mangroves in India are distributed across nine States and three Union …

Under Threat from Climate Change, India Steps Up to Protect Vulnerable Mangroves Cover With G20 Fillip
2 years, 4 months ago

Under Threat from Climate Change, India Steps Up to Protect Vulnerable Mangroves Cover With G20 Fillip

News 18  

As India joins the global Mangrove Alliance for Climate, the focus has once again shifted to conserving one of the most vulnerable coastal species that is facing the increasing threat of climate change. However, as impacts of climate change intensify, the sea-level rise and extreme weather events — including tropical cyclones and storm surges — are putting the tidal forests …

Explained | How mangroves help in averting climate change risks
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | How mangroves help in averting climate change risks

The Hindu  

The story so far: India joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate on Monday, launched on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations Climate Summit in Egypt. The 2022 State of World’s Mangroves Report, prepared by the Global Mangrove Alliance, finds that mangroves prevent more than $65 billion in property damages and reduce flood risk to some 15 million people every …

Watch | The women saving the Sunderbans
3 years, 4 months ago

Watch | The women saving the Sunderbans

The Hindu  

Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is regularly battered by intense monsoon storms. With India facing ever more powerful cyclones and extreme weather, women from the Sunderbans have taken up the task of protecting their coastal communities. The women first rear the saplings at fresh water nurseries set up near their homes It takes around 45 days for the saplings …

Restoring Mexico’s mangroves can shield shores, store carbon
3 years, 4 months ago

Restoring Mexico’s mangroves can shield shores, store carbon

Associated Press  

PROGRESO, Mexico — When a rotten egg smell rises from the mangrove swamps of southeast Mexico, something is going well. While world leaders seek ways to stop the climate crisis at a United Nations conference in Scotland this month, one front in the battle to save the planet’s mangroves is thousands of miles away on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. “They are …

Stories and Puppets in Tow, an Environmentalist's Crusade to Save Indonesia's Mangroves
3 years, 11 months ago

Stories and Puppets in Tow, an Environmentalist's Crusade to Save Indonesia's Mangroves

News 18  

Caked in mud up to their knees, a small group of Indonesian youngsters plant mangrove saplings along a stretch of exposed coastline next to the Java Sea under the watchful eye of local environmentalist Samsudin. A former school teacher, Samsudin has now dedicated his life to conservation and uses puppetry and storytelling to spread his message to the young about …

India lost 40% of its mangroves in the last century. And it’s putting communities at risk
7 years ago

India lost 40% of its mangroves in the last century. And it’s putting communities at risk

The Hindu  

The sight of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, straddling India and Bangladesh, is humbling. An estimated 80% of the global fish catch relies on mangrove forests either directly or indirectly, a 2008 paper in the Journal of Sea Research claims. They found that mangroves stabilise shorelines by slowing erosion and provide natural barriers protecting coastal communities from increased …

Mangroves and their value to Samoa
7 years, 8 months ago

Mangroves and their value to Samoa

Huff Post  

The mangrove areas in the village of Moata’a. Mangroves protect shorelines from damaging storm and hurricane winds, waves, and floods and they also help prevent erosion by stabilizing sediments with their tangled root systems. In the last five years, the Mangrove Ecosystems for Climate Change Adaptation and Livelihood Project in Samoa published some key findings in their work on one …

Sunderbans: Poachers turn conservationists to save world's largest mangrove forest
10 years ago

Sunderbans: Poachers turn conservationists to save world's largest mangrove forest

Firstpost  

Poachers have turned conservationists in the Sunderbans, giving a ray of hope to conservationists for saving the world’s largest mangrove forest which is facing threat from rising sea level and climate change and the wildlife there. Bali Island : Poachers have turned conservationists in the Sunderbans, giving a ray of hope to conservationists for saving the world’s largest mangrove forest …

Study warns of dangers to world's mangrove forests
14 years, 11 months ago

Study warns of dangers to world's mangrove forests

China Daily  

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