Mangrove News Digest # 646 – Mar 21, 2026
Manzanillo Bay Energy threatens Ramsar Heritage Site
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – The construction of port infrastructure for the energy plants in the protected area of the Estero Balsa Mangrove Park, within Manzanillo Bay, is disrupting the ecological and economic foundations of local life. As we have publicly warned, without fishing and without ecotourism, local identity begins to fracture; poverty advances; boats remain idle on the shore; and birds and marine species retreat toward healthier environments. The loss is not only economic. It is also cultural, social, and environmental.
Mangrove waters are losing oxygen, putting fish nurseries at risk
GLOBAL – Mangrove forests are famous for protecting coastlines and sheltering young fish. But the water inside these tangled coastal habitats may not always be as safe as it appears.
Satellite data suggest Sundarbans mangroves are losing resilience
BANGLADESH – The calculations showed that up to eight environmental stressors affect the ecosystem in the Sundarbans, of which the most relevant are: cyclones, salinity intrusion, heat stress, and reduced freshwater flow during droughts.
Environmental activists are fighting to keep the mangroves in Broward as developers want to remove them
USA – There are 160 acres of mangroves in Dania Beach, Florida between the airport and Port Everglades, and a developer wants to put up a warehouse on a roughly five-acre parcel in the middle of the mangroves.
Mangrove survives in a Chinese city of 17 million
CHINA – The Futian Mangrove Nature Reserve is home to hundreds of plant species and migratory birds. As Eden Soto reports, rangers work daily to protect this fragile ecosystem while balancing rapid urban development.
How oil tankers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz threatens the Gulf ecosystem
IRAN – The Strait of Hormuz and the adjacent waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman are home to sensitive ecosystems such as coral reefs, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows that provide vital habitats for numerous species.
Destruction of Seagrass Meadows in Tanzania is leading to extinction of marine endangered species
TANZANIA – More than half of the seagrass cover has been lost since 1977. This is due to numerous anthropogenic pressures that threaten the existence of seagrass beds.
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