Nature-based carbon credit projects ensure that a forest or mangrove that is at risk of being cut down remains standing. In doing so, emissions from the impending deforestation are prevented from ...

Scientists believe that the removal of coastal mangrove forests over the past decade caused the cyclone to hit with much more ...

The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, and its forest-dependent communities are now at risk due to the ...

SINGAPORE – Conserving the remaining, nearly intact peatlands and mangroves of South-east Asia – the region’s green lungs – ...

Mangrove restoration projects in Lamu and similar coastal regions face numerous obstacles, not the least of which is the ...

Once lauded as nature's custodians, these mangroves now endure relentless threats driven by human development and the climate crisis. Rampant deforestation has compromised its role in climate ...

Despite their huge potential as blue carbon sinks, researchers warn that the majority are under threat from commodities ...

The mangrove forests serve as a habitat for even Schedule-1 animals like otters, fishing cats, jackals and several types of ...

The deforestation has caused the women in Petronela ... But with the bridge, the forest has become transparent because the mangroves have been cut down, and we no longer feel comfortable ...

The banks and delta of the Mono River in Benin are home to mangrove swamps which harbour fish and rare wild birds -- and some are deemed sacred.