mangroves
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Securing the future of mangroves through sustainable wood fuel management
Cameroon is home to some of Africa’s largest mangrove forests. The country’s unique shoreline ecosystems host important biodiversity, including mangroves…
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Photo competition brings mangroves into sharper focus
Four renowned conservation and National Geographic photographers – Cristina Mittermeier, Steve Winter, Octavio Aburto and Jennifer Hayes — will judge…
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Love mangroves? Share your pictures with the world
Mangrove Action Project launch sixth World Mangrove Day Photography Awards. Once again, as a celebration of International Mangrove Day on…
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Q+A: Research findings offer framework for effective carbon management
In current conditions, the world’s total carbon budget will be spent in roughly eight years, increasing emissions-related global warming, and…
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Papua mangroves could help Indonesia coast to climate targets
The characteristics of mangroves in a range of ecosystems – from undisturbed natural settings to areas where considerable land-use changes…
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Bringing back mangroves: Scientists in Mexico restore degraded ecosystems
“What was this area like three years ago?” I asked researcher Jorge Herrera as we dipped our feet into the…
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Land use change has a big impact on the carbon stored in mangroves
Mangrove forests are important to the livelihoods of millions of people living along coastlines, providing fish resources, protecting communities from…
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They are critical for fighting climate change but . . . do you really know the importance of tropical wetlands?
It is time to get your toes wet. Every February 2nd is World Wetlands Day, an international celebration that aims…
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Biodiversity in focus on World Wetlands Day
Healthy and diverse ecosystems, especially wetlands, are our life support, providing our water, food and underpinning economies, said Martha Rojas…
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Pragmatics take precedence in scientific approach to landscape restoration
Landscape restoration and adaptation are a journey not a destination, said Ravi Prabhu, deputy director general of research at World…
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Ghetto chimps, 4 billion trees for Ethiopia, while Amazon deforestation accelerates…fast!
In Forests News last week: Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa? Agriculture expansion presents the biggest threat…
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Steady as Murdiyarso goes
On 28 June 2004, Indonesia’s environment minister Nabiel Makarim opened the Indonesian parliament (DPR) public hearing by holding up a…
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A look at unseen meadows
Blame it on the fact that we’re visual creatures, but while mangroves, salt marshes and other coastal ecosystems are growing…
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Governing blue carbon – and all that it entails
The banks of the Ciliwung River are not grounds for Jakarta’s most desired real estate, as is the case for…
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From the soil to the law, climate change efforts in Indonesia
Despite growing pressures of development and urbanization, community members from Sendangsari village in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province improved the local economy…
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