Shades of mossy green, dominate artist Bindhi Rajagopal’s latest show, The Grounded Guardians: A Meditation on Mangrove Roots, on at the Durbar Hall Art Gallery. The latest show is an ode to ...

Imagine a natural fortress standing strong against raging storms. That’s what mangroves and other forested wetlands do for our coastlines. But how well do they protect us, and against which storms?

Oil spills in Nigeria’s mangroves are likely to remain a salient problem as the oil sector expands in size in the country and the agency responsible for reporting and cataloging environmental ...

Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with ...

Often overlooked, however, is the significance of Ranong's Unesco biosphere mangrove site designation. Mangroves provide natural means for nutrient cycling, sediment trapping, and water filtration ...

Successful mangrove restoration requires balancing ecological goals with social and economic realities, as exemplified by the community-led efforts of Tridibnagar. Large-scale projects often fail due ...

In the Sundarbans, a unique experiment is ongoing, involving the use of terracotta rings to trap silt and aid in mangrove regeneration. The rings in this site did not support vegetation growth, but ...