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Spoon-billed sandpiper in Tiaozini, China.

A critical stopover for shorebirds awaits protection in Malaysia

Lee Kwai Han 13 Aug 2025

Sri Lanka plans restoring revoked protection for an important mangrove patch in the island’s North

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Aug 2025

Photos: Mangrove photography awards showcase a diverse & fragile ecosystem

Mongabay.com 26 Jul 2025
Mangroves in Raja Ampat.

Reversing damage to the world’s mangrove forests

Kristine Sabillo 25 Jul 2025
Mangrove forest in the Philippines. Image courtesy of the National Blue Carbon Action Partnership (NBCAP).

Blue carbon ecosystems are key for protecting the Philippines from climate shocks (commentary)

Jurgenne H. Primavera / Rona Joy Loma / Emily Richardson 22 Jul 2025
A mangrove forest in the Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia.

How much does it cost to restore a mangrove forest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2025

Indonesia moves to revise sea sand export policy after court ruling

Basten Gokkon, M Ambari 18 Jul 2025
Emmanuel Gona, a fisherman and community scout from Muyu wa Kae village in Marereni, believes that conserving and restoring mangrove ecosystems is key to boosting fish populations.

A Kenya marine biodiversity credit program restores mangroves — and livelihoods

Juliet Akoth Ojwang 1 Jul 2025

As a fishing port rises in Kenya, locals see threats to sea life, livelihoods

Anthony Langat 23 Jun 2025
A snapper hunting silver fish in a mangrove patch.

One-two punch for mangroves as seas rise and cyclones intensify

Elizabeth Fitt 9 Jun 2025
Student from Gales Point primary school planting mangrove seedlings inside bamboo tube.

From local planting to national plan, Belize bets on mangrove recovery

Ruth Kamnitzer 30 May 2025
Residents of the village of Baraca gather at a mangrove restoration site.

Guinea-Bissau’s grassroots efforts offer a blueprint for global mangrove restoration (commentary)

Abdoulaye Ndiaye 29 May 2025
A mother and baby chimpanzee in the mangroves of Conkouati-Douli National Park.

Protected parks in peril as Republic of Congo ramps up oil drilling

Elodie Toto 7 May 2025
The 14 women who make up Las Chelemeras.

‘It has been worth it’: The local women saving Yucatán’s mangroves

Astrid Arellano 25 Apr 2025
Ahmed Albaaj of the U.N. World Food Programme planting a mangrove in Basra.

Mangroves mount a fragile green revival in Iraq’s toxic south

Robert Bociaga 21 Apr 2025

As Acapulco’s mangroves disappear, Mexico takes strides to protect its coastal forests

Gonzalo Ortuño López 8 Apr 2025
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Colombia’s women clam collectors protect Pacific mangroves and mollusks

Catherine Ellis 1 Apr 2025

Planned port project threatens protected Amazonian mangrove biodiversity and local livelihoods

Aimee Gabay 19 Mar 2025
Construction on the Airport of the Pacific. Photo courtesy of Casa Presidencial/X.

Mangroves at risk as El Salvador begins work on new airport

Maxwell Radwin 6 Mar 2025

Illegal sea fence displaces fishers and sparks land scandal near Jakarta

Irfan Maulana, M Ambari 3 Mar 2025
A researcher notes biomass measurements in a mangrove forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Image by Kate Evans/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Mangrove deforestation for commodities limits conservation funding in SE Asia

Carolyn Cowan 25 Feb 2025

Illegal seabed dredging surges as Indonesia resumes sand exports

M Ambari, Yogi Eka Sahputra 20 Feb 2025
Peatland forest in Central Kalimantan.

Protecting peatlands and mangroves could halve Southeast Asia’s land-use emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Feb 2025
Common pochard (Aythya ferina) photographed in Pakistan.

Better government policies could help as migratory birds lose habitat in Bangladesh

Pinky Akter 5 Feb 2025
A mangrove pitta

How to tell if mangrove restoration is working? Listen to the birds

Carolyn Cowan 3 Feb 2025
Fishers from the community of Iguaiba, in the Alcântara Quilombo.

Rail and port project in Amazon wetland stirs angst among Quilombola fishers

Aimee Gabay 30 Jan 2025
An oilfield location in Muanda early in the morning.

DRC orders environmental, operational audits of oil company Perenco

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jan 2025
Mangrove restoration, Jiquilisco Bay, El Salvador. Image courtesy of Mangrove Action Project.

Lessons from successful mangrove forest restoration in El Salvador (analysis)

Alfredo Quarto 27 Jan 2025
A group of Lokiaka Community Development Centre volunteers.

Ogoni women restore mangroves and livelihoods in oil-rich Niger Delta

Aimee Gabay 16 Jan 2025
Banner image of Cagayan de Oro flood control project construction, courtesy of Project LUPAD.

By razing trees for flood defenses, a Philippine city may have raised its risk

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2025

India’s latest forest cover report hints at countrywide degradation

Mongabay.com 7 Jan 2025
Members of the El Delgadito fishing community planting red mangroves.

After trial and error, Mexican fishers find key to reforesting a mangrove haven

Aimee Gabay 27 Dec 2024

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