Mangrove News Digest # 662 – Oct 31, 2026
BRIN identifies nine mangrove species with medicinal potential
Indonesia to begin Giant Sea Wall project with mangroves
INDONESIA – The Coordinating Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Development’s Giant Sea Wall starts with a nature-based solution involving mangroves to protect coastal areas from various threats.
Coastal construction threaten mangrove forest that protects Vietnam's biggest city
VIETNAM – Construction projects are putting at risk a mangrove forest that stands between Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and rising seas
A mission to revive mangroves in Keralam’s Mayyanad
INDIA – The panchayat and the HELP Foundation learn from their past mistakes to launch a plantation drive of mangrove saplings in an effort to conserve the biodiversity of the area and prevent soil erosion.
Tampa Bay microplastics research focuses on mangroves and crabs
USA – New research at the University of South Florida is examining how microplastics are affecting marine organisms in Tampa Bay, including red mangrove leaves and mangrove tree crabs.
Environment department advances clean-up of Durban mangrove site
SOUTH AFRICA – The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DEFF) has stepped up efforts to remove plastic waste and other pollution from the Bayhead Mangrove Heritage Site at the Port of Durban.
Wave ‘windows’ could save mangrove forests around the world
AUSTRALIA – An international research team, led by UNSW researchers, has identified why mangroves thrive on some coastlines yet die on others.
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ACTION ALERTS
Petition to the President of Maldives to Continue the Ban on Fishing of All Shark Species
NO TO PUERTO BARU – Panama’s Mangroves Under Threat! sign the petition
Energia 2000 project threatens livelihoods & mangroves
Urge the DENR to revise or repeal harmful mangrove memorandum
Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
Stop Blue Origin from Dumping Wastewater Into Indian River Lagoon
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