Mangrove News Digest # 635 – Oct 18, 2025
In Mexico’s mangroves, protecting bees and trees is part of this family’s identity
MEXICO – The Cab family’s cluster of beehives is in a small clearing that opens up in the thick mangrove forest of Isla Arena, Mexico. Dressed in a protective suit, the family’s matriarch, Elma Guadalupe Cab Hochín, lifts the lid of one of the hives and explains that, until two years ago, she wasn’t interested in bees. Never mind that her father had been a beekeeper and that the surname Cab, coincidentally, means “bee” in Mayan.
Getting dirty to save the future
FIJI – In the fight against climate change, biodiversity loss, degradation of forests, loss of endemic species and the need for plantation species for economic growth and recovery, the Fijian Government initiated the 30 million trees in 15 years initiative.
Majoreni Mangrove restoration transforms community livelihoods
KENYA -The Majoreni Mangrove restoration initiative in Kwale County is transforming both the local ecosystem and community livelihoods, with women taking the lead in reviving degraded coastal forests.
Vanishing Wisdom of the Sundarbans–How climate change erodes centuries of ecological knowledge
INDIA – Sea levels in the Sundarbans are rising nearly twice the global rate, flooding villages and forcing families out. Saltwater ruins rice fields and ponds, making farming and fishing harder. Mawalis, the honey gatherers, also struggle as climate change disrupts flowering and damages mangroves, reducing wild bee populations.
100 Volunteers Join ‘Discover Kinabenuwa: Heart Of Mangrove’ CSR Drive
MALAYSIA — A total of 100 volunteers from the Labuan community and schools joined hands on Saturday to protect and restore the island’s mangrove ecosystem through the Discover Kinabenuwa: Heart of Mangrove programme.
Tanintharyi’s Mangrove Deforestation Amid Political Crisis – Analysis
MYANMAR – Most people in Myanmar continue to rely heavily on nonrenewable fuels, particularly charcoal, as their primary source of cooking fuel. It is estimated that 90% of charcoal production in the country comes from coastal mangrove forests
Stakeholders engage in sustainable mangrove management of the Keta Lagoon
GHANA – The Regenerative Development of Anlo Wetlands Limited (ReDAW) has engaged key stakeholders for the Keta Lagoon Sharing Platform Meeting, an initiative aimed at advancing mangrove restoration and wetland conservation within the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site.
ACTION ALERTS
Protect the mangroves and tropical forests of Brazil’s Tauá-Mirim! Sign Now
URGENT NOTICE – Panama’s Mangroves Under Threat! sign the petition.
Keep Deutsche Bahn out of Amazonia!
Fight the Marine Bitumen Spill
Stop land grabbing and racial discrimination for palm oil in Ecuador
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