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WWF invites you to a special look into the development of a technology-driven monitoring system for mangrove conservation in ...
Discover the most popular mangrove forests in India, from the Sundarbans to Pichavaram. Explore mangrove jungles, boating, and vital mangrove forest trees ...
Marshes, tidal inlets, and mangrove channels also contribute to limiting the extent of inundation by floodwaters and allow for such waters to drain quickly. According to reports from WWF-India's ...
Launched in 2020, the initiative has onboarded 190 volunteers and empowered 34,630 people across seven states through over 460 webinars, on-ground initiatives, and social media campaigns.
Sundarban, the world’s largest mangrove forest spread across more than 10,000 km 2 in India and Bangladesh, has sharply decreased in recent decades. Researchers from WWF-India, Jamia Millia ...
The Indian government earlier released the “India State of Forest Report 2021,” which said the total mangrove cover in the country is 4,992 square kilometers (1,927 square miles), and an ...
India. His efforts come up against a strong trend in the opposite direction. Ernakulam district, which includes Kochi, has lost nearly 42% of its mangrove ecosystems, including major decreases in ...
At the 27th session of the COP, Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) was launched in partnership with India, to meet the goal towards carbon sinking by restoring mangrove plantations. The UAE and ...
Rapid logging of the mangrove forest that stretches across coastal areas in India’s southeastern state of Orissa seems to have contributed to the terrible destruction caused by an October 29 ...
T. P. Murukesan rows a canoe stocked with mangrove saplings along a waterbody meant for prawns and pokkali rice off the shore of Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023.
the Stanley Center for Peace and Security and the Press Trust of India. Murukesan said he has planted over 100,000 mangroves. He plants saplings on alternate days and does most of the work himself.