Mangroves are under serious threat in Nigeria, especially across the Niger Delta region. These unique trees particularly in the coastal areas of Bayelsa State act as shields against flooding, habitat ...

Philippine island boosts incomes and mangrove forests, Colombia protects isolated tribes, and U.S. home care workers thrive ...

PULAU Tanjung Surat in Kota Tinggi, Johor, may not appear on most tourist maps but over the years, the island has been attracting foreign and local visitors including researchers, thanks to its ...

The researchers also noted major differences between mangrove forests in river deltas versus those that grow along shorelines. The team suggests maps and estimates such as theirs can help those in ...

is expected to disappear from the revenue map soon, environmentalists say. Experts have consistently emphasised the urgent need to restore mangrove forests within a 10-kilometer radius of the ...

The mangrove forest is more than a scenic escape ... emphasised the need for luxury resorts to elevate Koh Rong’s status on the global tourism map. Drawing inspiration from Bali, Indonesia, Dimanche ...

But mature mangrove forests (and their vast carbon stores ... This interactive tool uses remote sensing data to map mangrove habitats. It combines data on the geographical range and status ...

Maps, composed using the Landsat-based algorithm, indicate the condition of mangroves in the southern Everglades National Park bordering the Gulf of Mexico before and after Hurricane Wilma in 2005 and ...

These forests, unable to recover ... The Landsat-based maps from the study showed clear contrasts between mangrove recovery after hurricanes Wilma (2005) and Irma (2017) in the southern Everglades ...

mangrove forests. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is calling on the public to check out local shorelines or wetlands and help the agency map mangrove growth areas across ...