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Mangrove News Digest # 638 – Nov 29, 2025

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Mangrove Action Project at COP30

We were asked to produce a short video for the Mangrove Breakthrough Mangrove Ministerial event at COP30 to highlight the importance of mangroves for climate, biodiversity and livelihoods. The film features winning photos from the Mangrove Photography Awards 2025 and is a reminder and an invitation to protect our mangrove forests.

 

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Image source - https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/11/18/mangrove-ecology-florida-ilka-candy-feller-smithsonian-climate-change-storm-surge-coast/

 

A godmother to the mangroves

USA – Scientific American called Feller the “Godmother of Mangrove Ecology” and “The Mangrove Queen” in a story documenting mangrove migrations northward, primarily because of climate change.

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Image source - https://www.seacology.org/2025/11/beyond-the-environment-5-ways-mangroves-help-communities-thrive/

Beyond the environment–5 ways mangroves help communities thrive

UK – Many Seacology projects protect mangrove forests, which are critically important–and widely threatened–ecosystems.

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Image source - https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/students-explore-mangrove-forests-and-ocean-life-through-new-interactive-nature-trail-signboards-and

 

Students explore mangrove forests and ocean life through new interactive nature trail

THAILAND – Augmented reality reveals how tides shift with the moon, how mangroves nurture marine life, and how “living fossils” link Ranong’s coastline to the ancient past

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Image source - https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/cop30-tanzania-s-mangrove-revival-offers-hope-in-climate-fight/3737884

Tanzania’s mangrove revival offers hope in climate fight

TANZANIA – Tanzania is turning its local restoration efforts into a global example of adaptation – a story of communities taking the climate fight into their own hands.

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Image source - https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/11/what-a-unique-approach-to-marine-restoration-can-teach-about-tackling-biodiversity-loss/

What a unique approach to marine restoration can teach about tackling biodiversity loss

EQUADOR – As climate change and biodiversity loss intensify, the need for scalable nature-based solutions becomes urgent.

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Image source - https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-launches-first-national-mangrove-inventory-to-boost-blue-economy/

Liberia Launches First National Mangrove Inventory to Boost Blue Economy

LIBERIA – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with Conservation International (CI)  Liberia, has officially launched Liberia’s first National Mangrove Inventory, a major step under the Blue Ocean Program aimed at protecting the country’s vital coastal and marine ecosystems.

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Mangrove Photography Awards 2025

MPA winners announced
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CHILDREN’S ART CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

2026 Children's Calendar

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ACTION ALERTS

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NO TO PUERTO BARU –  Panama’s Mangroves Under Threat! sign the petition.

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