Promoting mangrove growth would help the shorelines and provide ecological benefits Mangroves are so important to coastline protection that there are laws protecting them.

The scorching afternoon sun stretches across the semiarid landscape of Marereni, in Kenya’s Kilifi county, where salt and sea ...

Tropical coastal forests known as mangroves are known for being the first “buffer zones” in coastal systems. New research shows they may also be resilient to hurricane damage and capture more carbon ...

Who cut down trees and killed mangroves in a Palm Beach County neighborhood? WPTV investigative reporter Dave Bohman pressed for answers.

Few trees can find a way to survive in the liminal space where dry land meets the sea. Mangroves are the exception.

Natural mangrove forest (the Sundarbans) occupies about 100 km of coastline in the southwest, which protects the lives and properties of the coastal population of that area. The depletion of the ...

Mangroves have been shown to provide $855 billion in flood protection services worldwide, according to a new study from the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience at UC Santa Cruz. The research is ...

Thailand’s mangroves are home to approximately 81 species, with 34 designated “true” mangroves. The principal species are Sonnertia, Rhizophora, Ceriops, and Bruguiera.

Mangrove conservation brings brighter future to fishing community in Colombia A project led by fishermen and internally displaced people in northern Colombia, is bringing an endangered ecosystem and a ...

Forty years of data reveals that planted mangroves can reach about 70 percent of the carbon stocks in naturally occurring mangroves.