World Mangrove Day Photography Awards
World Mangrove Day Photography Awards 2020 Gallery
We’re over the moon to celebrate World Mangrove Day with you and share all your beautiful photos with the world. Our 2020 contest has been our most exciting by far, receiving over a thousand entries entries from all corners of the earth, from Antigua & Barbuda to New Zealand. Enjoy with us the tallest mangroves of Ecuador, the fascinating underwater nurseries, the fly-over aerials, the majestic and endangered wildlife, the unique human-mangrove relationships, and the passion to restore a more balanced world. Your fantastic photos from nearly 70 countries illustrate the true beauty and importance of our mangrove ecosystem.
The judging process has now begun, with our four amazing judges; Cristina Mittermeier, Steve Winter, Octavio Aburto, and Jennifer Hayes looking over many excellent submissions. We will be sharing the winners at the start of September, so watch this space!
World Mangrove Day commemorates Greenpeace activist Hayhow Daniel Nanoto, who died during a massive protest to re-establish the mangrove wetlands in Ecuador, in 1998. For the last 27 years, the Mangrove Action Project has celebrated this day with a commitment to action in defense of the mangroves and the communities that rely on them.
We hope you enjoy viewing the images as much as we enjoyed receiving them. We cannot thank you enough, for an incredible World Mangrove Day! We’re blown away by the how many of you took part this year. As only 150 photos can be viewed at once, please refresh the page to reveal more of the amazing photo submissions – all 1122 submitted are up! Click the filters below to search by category or region.
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Zulkifli Mangkau - Indonesia - Life threatening fence
The people of Lambangan village, Pagimana Subdistrict, Luwuk-Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, are making young mangroves as their fences in front of their homes. That behavior occurs because of the lack of public awareness of the benefits of the presence of mangrove trees in the village. Mangrove trees that have just grown in the area will not last long. But gradually, they began to realize that the behavior violated the true usefulness of the mangrove tree. Damage that occurs will have an impact on mangrove ecosystems and will threaten the life of the surrounding biota. Now, Lambangan villagers are starting to realize the threats they will face, and are starting to take conservation steps, namely; began replanting the mangrove seeds they cared for with great hope.
Herbert Kikoy - Philippines - Near End
A few surviving group of magroves off the coast of Buagsong in Cordova town in Cebu. Being unprotected, mangroves have become more prone to death rather than survival.
Horacio Mones - Brazil - Sereno son of Elias
we share all our activities with small groups of tourists twice a week
Jidhu Jose - Qatar - Purple Island Mangroves (2)
A large area of vegetation attracting varied bird life, including flamingos and herons, and present a large expanse of natural greenery in sharp contrast to the surrounding desert landscape.
Gustavo Castellanos - Colombia - The tallest mangroves of the Neotropics (Iscuandé, Colombian Pacific coast)
This area of the Colombian Pacific is quite remote and has been identified as a record for mangrove heights in the Neotropics. We measured trees of 55m in a scientific expedition in 2019.
Steph Johnson - Australia - Shark Bay mangroves 3 - context
30th June - taken on my morning walk. These mangroves line an inlet from the bay to a lagoon - Little Lagoon in Shark Bay Western Australia.
Tim Ritchie - Australia - Mangroves at lowtide, Botany Bay sunrise
Behind me is a typical Sydney suburb, and in front a revitalized mangrove. And all they did was inform the public to not damage the area, remove heavy industry, and let nature take it back.
Bremley Lyngdoh - Myanmar - Getting ready to plant the mangrove propagules
Women workers at Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park getting ready to plant the mangrove propagules.
Ady Kristanto - Indonesia - Mangrove Predator
Monitor lizard (varanus salvator) at this time its position in the mangrove forests of Jakarta is a major predator. This is because the hunt for bird of prey and snake species in the mangrove forest is very high and the position of the top predators in the food chain in the mangrove forests of Jakarta becomes empty, then this vacancy is filled by this monitor lizard.
Brad Avakian - USA - Mangrove Queen
Taken at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
Siraj Paruk - South Africa - Mangroves of the Port of Durban
The Bayhead Natural Heritage Site within the Port of Durban is a place of refuge for thousands of crabs that call Southern Africa's busiest port their home.
Lauren Hardiman - Australia - Daintree Dreaming
Taken in the Daintree, Queensland, Australia. Taken with a Samsung Phone.
Jock Mackenzie - Australia - When once were mangroves
In 2015 a severe El-nino weather event coincidental with extreme temperatures and prolonged drought caused the death of ~8,000 ha (5%) of mangroves in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria. Due to climate change altering rainfall patterns, increasing sea level rise and increasing cyclone frequency and severity, much of the area lost in this one event may never recover. Photo taken Mitchell River mouth, 2019.
Josef Goldufsky - USA - The Next Generation
Father anhinga with food in crop finally arrives to the nest and feeds his restless fledglings just as the Florida heat relinquishes and the sun sets over the mangroves. Seeing the abundance of nests and working parents all caring for the next generation at Ding is a sighting which engenders hope that the mangrove estuary is vibrant and healthy. With mangroves already present, this refuge is a perfect reminder of what it takes from us to maintain a functioning mangrove forest ecosystem - self-restraint. Location: J.N. 'Ding' Darling NWR, Sanibel, FL
Anik Saha - Bangladesh - Fish the life for local community
Some fishermen do fishing during high tide in the small channels. They need to do regular repairing their fishing nets at low tide.
Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS - Sri Lanka - Nursing the future
Due to a variety of threats mangrove regeneration needs to be aided by nurseries in which a future for mangroves is assured. This photograph was taken in Sri Lanka, where the Small Fishers Federation of Lanka (Sudeesa) advises local fishermen and -women on how to establish mangrove nurseries.
Sudarshan S - India - Thoothukudi Mangroves
Gulf of Mannar biosphere is at the southeast part of India. Which is spread from the Ramanathapuram to Kanyakumari. The Gulf of Mannar is blessed with rich biodiversity and it is known to harbor over 3,600 species of marine flora and fauna. This Gulf of Mannar biosphere supports a high diversity of Finfish, Shellfish, Corals, Mangroves, and seagrass. In Gulf of Mannar, a total of 11 mangrove species, 17 mangrove associates and 196 flowering plants were identified. Due to increasing population pressure causes the degradation of the Mangrove forest and Wetlands of Thoothukudi. Clearing land for salt pan establishment and coastal fish farming activity lead to mangrove ecosystem degradation. Plastic pollution causes the blocking effect in pneumatophores of mangrove and makes them suffocate. The hot news is for peoples who concern for mangroves, but the mangrove life receives enough hot water to threaten the mangroves and its associated life forms.
Anik Saha - Bangladesh - Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personatus), local endemic to Sundarban, Bangladesh
Mask Finfoot, the globally endangered bird exists in a very small number in Sundarban, Bangladesh. Their siting is very rare for cryptic nature.
Debbie Howard - Ecuador - Nesting Frigate Bird
A male Frigate Bird with his throat sac fully inflated, sits on his nest in the mangroves in the Galapagos Islands.
Krystyna Powell - USA - Weakened Coastline Defense
The destructive burrowing caused by the wood-boring isopod, S. terebrans, comes at the expense of the mangrove’s ability to withstand storm surge. Structural changes within the root alongside the diversion of resources from production to repair negatively affect the mangrove tree and cause indirect consequences on the surrounding communities. This photo was taken in Biscayne Bay, FL.
Melora - USA -Mangrove Bird
Bird
Mohamad Salleh bin Mukri - Malaysia - I Will Grow
Tides never let me drown, with the greatness of stilts I will height up, I will always survive. So you too
Tanvi Gautama - India - The Protective Layers
Mangroves protect the coastal areas from heavy rains, floods, tsunamis, storms and provide a home to many, many organisms. The reason I chose this photograph of the floating Pied Avocets is because of its three layers it highlights in the composition. The birds in the ocean, the mangroves behind and the buildings further behind. While the mangroves are protecting the city from foreseeable calamities, it’s also keeping the city away and being a home to various birds and animals.
Marth Lucia Palacios Peñaranda - Colombia - Mangroves & Wildlife
fauna associated with mangroves, exposed to the changing conditions of the territory
Shureen Faris Abdul Shukor - Philippines - Ready to sail
The river cruise by the locals at Aloguinsan was well-managed and impressive.
Heshan Saranapala De Abrew - Sri Lanka - Jackal
After spending a few hours capturing images of birds, I saw a brown figure in the distance, ankle deep in the water. On closer inspection we saw two Jackals, one that had ventured into the water in order to feed on either fish or crustacean, and the other further in land. This for me was a unique sighting in Sri Lanka. With the Sri Lankan government now considering plans for clearing nature reserves and forested areas for various aquaculture projects, sightings like this run the risk of becoming quite rare. And worse still damage pristine and key habitats for so many species.
Karlein Kwong - Australia - Mangroves at Dusk (3)
The Mangrove Tree at Tenby Point
Dr. Samimul Islam - India - Bonbibi
Bonbibi is a local folk deity in Sundarbans. The local people of Sundarbans before entering into the forest worship Bonbibi with the wish that she will protect them from the fierce animals.
P. Ragavan - India - Little known architects of Mangroves
Spider web in Mangroves
Heshan Saranapala De Abrew - Sri Lanka - Jackal 2
This was the other Jackal that was photographed at the same time, whilst it was watching its companion from further in-land.
Willem Kolvoort - Seychelles - Young mangrove plants in shallow water
Young mangrove plants grow here from the kneeroots of the mangroves in the mangrove forest along the bank of the Aldabra lagoon.
Heshan Saranapala De Abrew - Sri Lanka - Seabirds
Seabird colonies are said to have a positive effect on Mangroves in terms of nutrient distribution. I photographed these beautiful birds in flight in Kalpitiya Sri Lanka, after they had just taken off from a nearby sandbank adjacent to Mangroves.
Chris Walker - Australia - Toondah Harbour Mangroves
Mangroves in the Moreton Bay Ramsar site next to Toondah Harbour which are threatened by plans for dredging, reclamation and construction of 3,600 apartments.
João Felipe Magnani - Brazil- Exchange of glances
Exchange of looks between the aratus pisonii and my camera. They all deserve our respect to conserve the species
Luke Jeffrey - Australia - Mangroves- as beautiful above as they are below
Mangrove morning glory reflected in the wintery estuarine waters.
Jackie Mullen - Senegal - Photosynethesis and salinity
Checking photosynthesis rate.
Anthony Ochieng Onyango - Kenya - Giving Mangroves a Helping Hand
A group of women in Mid Creek, Kenya. support rehabilitation of the Mid Creek Mangrove forest with seedlings that they have obtained from their women owned mangrove nursery site.
Matthew Albanus - Malaysia - Mother Knows Best
A mother proboscis monkey and her infant keeping their distance from any intruders.
Anil T Prabhakar - Indonesia - Home for Proboscis Monkey
The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Indonesia, is an arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose, a reddish-brown skin color and a long tail. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly in mangrove forests and on the coastal areas of the island. Mangrove forest are the main habitat for this charismatic Apes. Protection of Mangrove forest most important for protecting these wild animals.
Muhammad Moazzam Khan - Pakistan - Mangrove Plantation A Success Story
WWF-Pakistan initiated plantation of mangrove in the Indus Delta area. This is one of the area where planted mangrove have established and flourishing. A success story of mangrove restoration
Paloma Noronha - India - Non-breeding home for waterbirds
These wetlands in and around Navi-Mumbai (Maharashtra) is a home for thousands of waterbirds and shorebirds during the non-breeding season.
Santhosh Krishnamoorthy - India - Basking-in-golden-light-Salt-water-crocodile-Sundarbans
As the tide starts receding, the massive reptiles, the Salt-water crocodiles can be seen coming onto the mudflats to bask. This was the scene one beautiful morning. A big individual was enjoying the morning sun.
Marah C. Culminas - Philippines - A Fisherman's Luck
That joy in the fishermans face is priceless. He diligently applied this local bamboo crab trap in the Mangroves at night and he had a rich mud crab harvest by morning.
Randriamanga Rindra - Madagascar - Sunset in the mangrove
And the sun sets in the west through the mangroves
Anita Kainrath - Bahamas - Lemon pups
Juvenile lemon sharks in a mangrove forest.
Julio Magalhaes II - Brazil - In the roots
Crab walk in the roots
Bhavesh Ishwarlal Thakkar - India - Kingfisher Fight at Wetland New Mumbai
At New Mumbai there is a place known as T S Chanakya Wetland, its kind of open wetland where so many migratory birds arrives in winter. I was lucky to capture White Throated Kingfisher fighting
Krystyna Powell - USA - The Little Guy
Mangroves provide habitat, food, and nursery grounds for a wide range of marine fauna. Check out this juvenile squid hanging out in the red mangrove roots. This photo was taken in Miami, FL.
Peggy Pixley - USA - Mangrove Skink
Photographed in a hidden mangrove environment, found only by following the river up at Jeffrey’s Beach, Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Norarsikin Ma'akim - Malaysia - Me and Myself
One of the active forest types in Malaysia is the Mangrove Forest. Mangrove forests are the most productive and unique ecosystem. This is because the Mangrove Forest is able to grow and adapt under high salt water conditions.
Indah Wahyuni - Indonesia - Mangrove volunteers
Planting mangroves is very easy, but maintaining and caring for them is the key to its success
Srikanth Mannepuri - India - Encroachment effect on wetland cat
Human-Wildlife conflict is one of the major threat in Godavari Mangroves due to encroachment of Mangrove areas for housing, aquaculture and Industrial purposes. What you see in this image is a fishing cat that found itself in the middle of a conflict situation. This Fishing cat got himself trapped while trying to prey on domestic poultry in one of the village adjoining the Godavari mangrove forest. Thankfully, immediately the locals contacted the forest department and help was mobilized. the staff rushed to the spot and the fishing cat was safely rescued. After thorough examination by the veterinary doctor & staff ,the fishing cat was deemed healthy without any injuries, it was then released into the same forest where it came from. This is an example of well managed situation by the locals and the forest department that successfully avoided a conflict. But unfortunately not all animals that wander into human settlements are that lucky. Human-wildlife conflict refers to the interaction between wild animals and humans, and the resultant negative impact on people, animals, resources, and habitats. It takes many forms including depredation of livestock or injury to wild animals and humans and degradation of habitat. Human-wildlife conflict is a global issue prevalent in urban and rural landscapes alike.Well established and smoothly managed systems go a long way in addressing this rising problem.
Harry Pieters - Indonesia - The Shadow Dancers
Walakiri Beach is one of many beautiful beaches in East Sumba with a characteristic that tends to be calm, sloping, and having a stretch of white sand. Walakiri has a unique mangrove with white sand adorned with coconut trees that provide shade and a cozy atmosphere when visitors walk along the beach.
Leonardo Cirillo - Brazil - Sustainable malacoculture - the relationship of mangrove conservation and economic activity in the Mandira community - Cananéia
The Mandira community, currently with 25 resident families, is located in the city of Cananéia, Brazil, and was the first traditional Brazilian community to exchange oyster extraction in the mangrove for a sustainable farming system, allowing a harmonious relationship between the traditional community and the mangrove.
Carlos Eduardo Gomez - Dominican Republic - Mangroves - Social Place
In the lagoon of Oviedo, several royal terns and laughing gulls that I observed, gathering in a small key, where a red magle grew, was like their place to socialize and rest. mangroves offer a place to be for countless shorebirds.
Sawlihim Bakar - Malaysia - An Evening at Pantai Kelanang
A strong and tall mangrove tree alive at Pantai Kelanang
Matthew Albanus - Malaysia - This is my Mangrove
A female proboscis monkey being territorial in a mangrove jungle.
Jonathan Yoo - Indonesia - Regenerating of the Mangrove Forest Ecosystem
Mangroves started on land as part of the regeneration and growth to become forest and shelter for the marine life.
K Lynn McEver - USA - Red Mangrove, Indian River Intracoastal Waterway
Marine Discovery Center- Indian River Lagoon, learning boat tour.
Dwaipayan Chaudhuri - India - The canines and Incisors
An yawning tigress showing her canines and Incisors while sitting lazily on the mud banks of the SUNDERBAN mangroves
Faraaz Abdool - Trinidad & Tobago - Hidden Predator
A Tropical Screech-Owl roosts in the tangled branches of mangroves over a slow-moving river. Relying on their camouflage to conceal them during the day, at night they emerge to hunt mostly insects.
Maurice Atkinson - Thailand - Sunlight through the mangroves
Sunlight through the mangrove trees
Faraaz Abdool - Trinidad & Tobago - Showtime
A male fiddler crab beckons nearby females using his oversized claw, in the short window of time during the low tide.
Josef Goldufsky - USA - Sibling Squabbling
There is perhaps no better season in Florida than nesting season. This late spring, I was delighted to see an anhinga nest where two rambunctious fledglings resided. With their wings outstretched, the two hobbled and jumped between the outstretched branches like curious dare devils. In regular bouts, the two siblings splayed their wings and sparred with one another like fencers with their bills serving as their sabers, only to retreat to opposite extremes of the branch when things got too heated. Apparently, all was in good sport as the two siblings came together and communicated to each other with their heads, necks, and wings doing the signaling. For a brief moment, the two rested their heads over one another's shoulders as if to acknowledge each other's growing discomfort as they waited for a parent to return with food. Location: J.N. 'Ding' Darling NWR, Sanibel, FL
Arindam Bhattacharya - India - Prince of Sunderbans
Royal Bengal Tiger Cub at Sunderbans National Park, West Bengal India.
Sawlihim Bakar - Malaysia - Widespread Logging Without Replanting
The threat of destruction is due to human actions such as land reclamation, widespread logging, pollution and overuse of mangrove swamp forest resources. This will result in the loss of natural habitats for animals and plants, the extinction of flora and fauna, the depletion of food resources and the imbalance of marsh ecosystems
Victor Hugo Luja Molina - Mexico - The mangrove princess
A beautiful female jaguar (Panthera onca) walks calmly through a marsh in the mangroves of Nayarit, western Mexico. Fortunately this small space (368 ha) is protected as an area voluntarily destined for conservation (La Papalota).
Sinar Pagi Sektiana - Indonesia - Mangroves Tourism
another mangrove benefit for local communities
David Tipling - Seychelles - New Shoots
lone Red Mangrove tree growing on edge of lagoon on St Francois atoll, Seychelles
Carlos Victor Dourado Batista - Sri Lanka - Mangrove patch restoration
Mangrove patch restoration in Kalptiya
Catalin Chitu - Vietnam - Rung Sac Guerilla Base in Can Gio Biosphere Reserve
Rung Sac Guerilla Base in Can Gio Biosphere Reserve (tourist attraction). The base was established by Viet Cong soldiers between 1966 and 1975. Destroyed during the war, today is a reconstruction/museum in the middle of the forest.
Daniel Tjongari - Indonesia - The beauty
The location of the growth of the mangrove has been hit by a tsunami a few years ago precisely in the western coast of Java island. But look at the mangrove continues to grow firmly, it is always faithful to protect our oceans from eviction of sea water.
Srikanth Mannepuri - India - Left or right, towards what should we progress?
Conversion of mangrove forests in to Commercial aquaculture ponds is the biggest threat to mangroves. Especially in this Godavari and Krishna river delta region, after harvesting the shrimp or fish, aqua farmers releasing chemicals containing water in to natural mangrove creeks, which in turn effects the local ecosystem and species dwell in these waters. Since last decade, mangroves are facing various threats like turning these unique into aquaculture ponds, housing facilities and fuel goods. These unsustainable activities by some people are severely effecting mangroves and threatened species depend on it like Fishing Cats, Smooth Coated Otters, Birds, Turtles, Sharks and Rays etc.,Mangrove absorb more carbon dioxide than other tropical forests. Conserving and restoring mangroves is essential to fighting Climate change. the warming of the global climate fueled by increased carbon emissions, that is already having disastrous effects on communities worldwide.
Danilo Jefferson Romero - Brazil - Dark-Brown-Green
From the soil to the canopy, the colours of mangrove are stunning
Busolo Bonface - Kenya - Mangrove habitat fauna
Mangrove are key habitat for diverse species of wildlife. The photo shows the key important fauna known as whelks specifically the (Terebralia palustris, Linnaeus, 1767)attached on Avecinnia marina.The totally depend on mangrove for their survival. They are found attached on mangrove leaves and stems as well as on the ground in mangrove forest.
Happy Kids Homeschool - USA -It takes time to heal
On the island of Puerto Rico in the city of Maunabo the wetland Punta Tuna this was taken on February 2020 with the kids and teens.They saw the slow healing process of the damage the category 5 hurricane that struck this delicate area. The hurricane hit the island on September 2017 and three years later it continues to heal little by little. This photo for us shows how there is still damage. Time heals all wounds but some wounds need much more time.
Dianne TippingWoods - Mozambique - Time to Plant
This is a photograph taken near Xai Xai in Mozambique where the women of Mahielene village gathered to plant mangrove seedlings.
Leonardo Cirillo - Brazil - Conservation Units - visitors who confirm the good conservation of this ecosystem
The Mandira Extractive Reserve is a conservation unit located in the municipality of Cananéia, Brazil. Evidently well preserved, the Guyana dolphin (Sotelia guaianensis) are commonly seen in groups in this region, highlighting the importance of ecosystem conservation.
Horacio Mones - Brazil - Elias pescando Sirís com um Munzua artesanal
we have a Mangrove day tour that share a journey with the Mangrove fisherman Elias
Jerry Chidi - Nigeria - Periwinkle Harvest
Mangroves provide habitat for various seafood which forms the bases for local economy. Periwinkle (Tymbanotnus fuscartus) is one of such important seafood and it is only found in the mangrove ecosystem. Indeed the Nigerian Mangrove forest is the lifeline of coastal communities; providing food, medicine, shelter, protection and income to over 30 million Nigerians. The degradation of the ecosystem has put at risk the food security and coastal protection from the surging waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
Subha Chakraborty - India - Nature
self Resilience
Fakhrizal Setiawan - Indonesia - The terrible clearing of mangrove forests
After the mangroves are cut down further shrimp ponds will appear. The problems that often occur in Indonesia between protection and the economy
Jason-Marc Mohamed - Trinidad & Tobago - Peacefully Co-existing
A flock of Scarlet Ibis, the national bird of Trinidad , fly over some American Flamingoes as they both prepare for their evening roost.
Haliza Nurdilla - Indonesia - Not a Mangrove Communities
It's not a beachfront, but it's very open because there are few living mangrove communities. When there is a tide, they will be submerged until only the leaves are visible.
Brad Avakian - USA - Mangrove Island Love
Taken at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
Charlotte Sams - Bahamas - Newborn lemon shark in mangroves
A newborn lemon shark darts through the mangroves. A sanctuary for young sharks like this; pregnant lemon sharks will return to their own place of birth to then birth their own pups before leaving them immediately to fend for themselves in the shelter of the mangroves. Bimini, Bahamas.
Alvaro Herrero López-Beltrán - Indonesia - Mangroves at Twilight
Mangrove photography 50/50 late in the day
Morgan Bennett-Smith - Papua New Guinea - In the shade of the young mangrove tree
A small reticulate whipray rests under a mangrove in the shallows off the coast of Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Various species of rays are frequent and charismatic visitors to these local mangrove ecosystems, highlighting their importance as habitat to many marine organisms.
Easan Sathiyalingam - Malaysia - Ruddy Kingfisher
A Ruddy Kingfisher perched on a mangrove tree root waiting for its meal
Michel Strogoff - Madagascar - Mangrove dolphin by-catch
Humpback dolphin caught as by-catch by mangrove fishers in northwest Madagascar
Charlotte Sams - Bahamas - Lemon shark in the mangroves
A young lemon shark darts out from the depths of red mangrove roots. This young shark will stay within the shelter of the mangroves for a few years until it is large enough to venture out into deeper waters. Bimini, Bahamas.
Surendran Chokkalingam - India - Swamp Tiger
The male tiger was preparing to cross the water at high tide.
Ivan Gabaldon - Mexico - Mangrove ecosystem in northern Yucatan Peninsula, #1
Aerial view of coastal mangrove ecosystem in northern Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Dhritiman Mukherjee - India - Honey collectors of Sundarbans
For generations poor fishermen and villagers of Sundarbans (both india bangladesh), the largest mangrove forests in the world, have been collecting wild honey from from the mangrove forest during April to June every year. They say the best honey come from the flower of the mangrove species called Aegiceras corniculatum
Fairus Mulia - Indonesia - Proboscis monkey and mangrove production forest
a family of proboscis monkey ( big one is a head of the family, an others are wife and children) waiting the sunset at the river bank and look live peacefully in a mangrove production forest at forest concession, Kubu Raya district, west Kalimantan province, Indonesia
Mustufa Kapasi - India - Nature Balancing with Human
They bring there cattle's in swamp for daily bath & also for pasturing.
Josef Goldufsky - USA - Shaded Refuge
In the late morning, as the sun's rays were still pre-heating the Florida air, I had finished my biannual pilgrimage and arrived at 'Ding'. I ventured out between the mangroves along the Indigo Trail. Once in the open, I was struck by their verdant brilliance and peering through their twisted branches and draping leaves, I soon spotted an old friend and emblemed mascot of the refuge - the anhinga. This young male was taking shelter beneath the welcomed shade, finding a cool place for a mid-day nap that the mangrove leaves amply provided. The anhinga was dosing off as he waited for the sun to release its heated grip on the air and the eager tourists to pass. Location: J.N. 'Ding' Darling NWR, Sanibel, FL
Piyush Aggrawal - India - Untitled
The image was also shot at Sundarban. Concrete development of human is leading them to thier own destruction.
Caroline Njeri - Kenya - Wasini Women's Board Walk
Wasini Women's Board Walk is a Community project set up to attract tourists,who help them earn an income through entrance fee. It's a learning place for visitors and locals,to understand the importance of conserving mangroves.
Dandung Diadhesma Azhar - Indonesia - #Fishery
This is daily activity of vilagger
Krystyna Powell - Panama - Beauty of Mangrove Communities
Mangroves act as foundation species by creating habitats that benefit other organisms. Underwater aerial root communities of red mangroves host diverse assemblages of sessile marine epibionts. This photo was taken in Bocas del Torro, Panama.
Julian Reingold -Sierra-Leone - Pastor Davies: The Defender of the Freetown Mangrove Forest
Pastor Davies Molanden lives in Cockle Bay, one of the many informal settlement in Freetown. He advocates for the conservation and restoration of the Sierra Leone River Estuary Ramsar site. His clear vision of the socioecosystem services provided by the mangroves is helping to push forward their protection against further urbanisation. This picture was selected as a cover for the portal Planeta Futuro of El País on the day the article telling his story was released.
Anita Greeck - Australia - A new promise
This picture is taken at Myora Springs at Minjerribah/ North Stradbroke Island. My love for Mangroves started as being an citizen scientist for Mangrove Watch in the Redlands, Brisbane and Moreton Bay areas...but my first creative picture of a new mangrove exploring his opportunity was made at this place. It was just after terrible fires in 2014. When I arrived in September nature already had found his own way to deal with this devastation. For me as an immigrant from the Netherlands gave me new hope that my new adopted country is tougher then I ever imagined. Since the I have been back at this beautiful place every year and count all the new Mangrove pods which have made it for another year.
Jess Masham - Australia - Pot of Gold
Rainbow over the Mangroves and Trinity Inlet view from Cairns Boardwalk.
Rodríguez Amiama - Dominican Republic - Near the Frontier of Extinction
As moderm society develop we have to be more conscious of human impact on Nature
Veri Ana Kristin Sagala - Indonesia - Penanaman Mangrove di Dusun Tangkolak, Desa Sukakerta, Kabupaten Karawang
Penanaman di di Dusun Tangkolak, Desa Sukakerta, Kabupaten Karawang dilaksanakan untuk memperingati hari Mangrove Sedunia tahun 2019 yang diselenggarakan oleh dua Dosen Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang yaitu satu dari Fakultas Pertanian yaitu Bapak. Drs. Slamet Abadi., M.Si. dan satu dari Dosen Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan yaitu Bapak. H. Nana Suryana Nasution, S.Pd., M.Pd. yang dibantu oleh beberapa mahasiswa Fakultas Pertanian dan Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan. Penanaman di di Dusun Tangkolak, Desa Sukakerta, Kabupaten Karawang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan rasa peduli masyarakat setempat agar dapat lebih memperhatikan ekosistem disekitaran pantai tersebut dan dapat menumbuhkan rasa antusisas untuk menanam mangrove dikalangan milenial dan generasi Z karena mangrove merupakan vegetasi yang memiliki keunikan tersendiri serta tanaman yang dapat menjaga keseimbangan ekosistem dibumi dan tanaman sebagai mitigasi bencana seperti peredam gelombang dan badai, pelindung abrasi pantai, gelombang pasang, tsunami, penahan sedimentasi, mencegah intrusi air laut dan menetralkan pencemaran air meski pada batasan tertentu.
Melora - USA - Mangroves
Bird
Hani - Bahrain - MangroveForests
Mangrove
Fakhrizal Setiawan - Indonesia - Research in the field
The relationship of mangrove and seagrass ecosystems is very high. if one is damaged it will impact the ecosystem next to it. A local student was observing and recording the abundance of seagrasses
Hani - Bahrain - Mangrove Roots
Mangrove
Bremley Lyngdoh - Myanmar - Arne Fjortoft the founder of Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park
Dr. Arne Fjortoft the Secretary General of Worldview International Foundation at Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park.
Catalin Chitu - Vietnam - Cần Giờ Mangrove Forest Wildlife (3)
Cần Giờ Mangrove Forest (Cần Giờ Biosphere Reserve) is a wetland located 40 km southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Can Gio Mangrove Forest have been described as the "green lungs" of Ho Chi Minh City. The Cần Giờ Mangrove Forest is also home to more than 1000 monkeys. Sometimes you can even get a glimpse of maternal love or caring for each other.
Alexa Putillo - Bahamas - New Life
Red mangrove propagules on the brink of dispersal in the north island of Bimini, Bahamas. Bimini is comprised of two small subtropical islands, and since the late 1990s the north island has experienced intense urbanization with the development of a vast tourist complex via site clearing, mangrove cutting, and channel dredging. This work resulted in a loss of ca. 39% of the mangrove forest in the north island. Propagules developing and dropping from the parent plant are an exciting expression of continued growth in mangrove systems.
Gustavo Castellanos - Colombia - Endemic (IUCN - Vulnerable) true mangrove species of (part) the Neotropics
The wettest mangroves of the world (Bahía Málaga, Colombian Pacific coast)
Dr Sodikin - Indonesia - A type of mangrove that has beautiful outer roots
a type of mangrove that has beautiful outer roots
Catalin Chitu - Vietnam - Tra Su Mangrove Forest (2)
Tra Su (Rừng tràm Trà Su) is a swampland surrounded by mangrove forests about 20km from Chau Doc city, Vietnam. You can take a rowing boat and go through forest on a green land of water lettuce.
Muhammad Amdad Hossain - Bangladesh - It's Photo Time
The photo taken from a beach of Chittagong city in bangladesh.
Ramiro Arcos-Aguilar - Mexico - Connections with mangroves
This mangrove forest is very close to the city of La Paz and is frequently visited by families during the day. This young boy was enjoying the forest, playing and running from one place to another like he was in a different world, observing the mangroves' fauna, following fish and crabs living here. I noticed the boy because he was asking his parents about the mangroves, and his parents were trying to explain how unique they are. Then, he went back to enjoying his own little world. We need to create connections between these habitats and new generations, amd spark interest and knowledge about mangrove forests to understand the important role that new generations must take on to preserve these habitats.
Carmen Danae - Dominican Republic - Mangrove Deforestation
Illegal deforestation is ravaging mangrove forests at a pace we cannot control. We need help to train and deploy park rangers that have fair living wages.
Faraaz Abdool - Trinidad & Tobago - Silent Suffering
Listed as Near Threatened, the Bicolored Conebill is rapidly losing its favored habitat of coastal mangroves. This species often falls victim to the brood parasitism of the Shiny Cowbird, compounding its woes. Males and females are sexually dimorphic, pictured here is a male on white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa).
Karlein Kwong - Australia - Mangroves at Dusk
The Mangrove Tree at Tenby Point
Iskandar Haka - Indonesia - The mangrove growth with tagging system
To see the growth of mangrove seedlings with the tagging system application
Zsuzsanna Bagotai - Malaysia - The Ultimate Carbon Sink
Location: Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve Date: January 2019
S.A.D.J.Amal Priyankara - Sri Lanka - Soul of Mangrove
Real Life of Mangrove Mother
Yixlen Guzmán-Sánchez - Costa Rica - Unfortunate's wheel
More plastic than pneumatophores
Santhosh Krishnamoorthy - India - Royal-walk-down-tiger-sundarbans-India
On a safari into the Sundarbans of India, my guide had spotted a tiger walking along the mudflat, a few meters inside the thick outgrowth of the mangrove forest.We went to the far edge of the island and waited, hoping for the tiger to emerge out. After a long wait, he finally came out, walking out with a Royal elan, stepping so carefully and gracefully on the mudflats, scattered with the poking-out mangrove roots. It was a breathtaking sight indeed.
Sarah Griffiths - Panama - What lies beneath
Mangroves are known best for the ecosystem they form on land. But where mangroves meet the sea, they support a dazzling array of species below the waves too. Here, prop roots of the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle, have been colonised by colourful sponges, oysters, barnacles, anemones, polychaete worms, tunicates, algae and more.
Charan Raj - Sri Lanka - Yes, I monitor!
It was quite a sight to witness this reptile in a mangrove forest.
Moises Rivera Rodriguez - Mexico Buscando tierra
un árbol de manglar rojo a orilla de laguna crece lo mas que pude para poder obtener soporte.
Shea Bell - Australia - Treacherous shallows
The rays of the mangroves captivate our attention with their camouflage.
Jamila Janna - South Africa - Reunion at High Tide
Several snails on trunk of a mangrove species in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
José Jorge Ubico Koose - Guatemala - Entering to Laguna Los Palos
This is a hidden lagoon located in a protected area in the pacific coast. Which inhabits thousands of species and where tons of migratory birds comes to eat every year. But like 3kms away from this lagoon the agriculture border from sugar cane plantations is getting toward and threatening this place and everything that inhabits it.
Kla Trey - Cambodia - Team setting camera trap
An immersive 360 degrees photo of Kla Trey | Cambodian Fishing Cat Project team setting up a camera-trap deep inside dense mangroves. Kla Trey has deployed over 100 camera-traps in the last three years to research and protect Fishing Cat and other globally threatened species such as Critically Endangered (CR) Sunda Pangolin and the rarest otter in the world, Endangered (EN) Hairy-nosed Otter.
Anil T Prabhakar - Indonesia - The Encroachment_
The Man and Nature : Human Encroachment; Human being destroying the natural habitat due to encroachment low laying marshy lands and mangrove forests are visible picture of coastline cities across the globe. Our selfishness is like a cancer and it keep growing day by day to conquer entire green cap of the Nature. Mangroves are the successful shoreline natural protection wall for the most of the Erosion beach. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, a study led by Danish ecologist Finn Danielsen reported that coastal areas flush with mangrove trees were markedly less damaged than those without. Awareness of Mangrove forest protection is most important aspect this present world.
Philip Martins - Australia - Kidneys of the Coast
The Daintree region in far north Queensland is widely recognised as Australia's exotic wet tropic wilderness region. The Daintree river is home to dozens of endemic species of mangrove that play a crucial role in protecting the Great Barrier Reef from storms, floods and filtering run off - earning them the very apt title of 'kidneys of the coast'. Without these mangroves, the reef would simply not exist as we know it today. The value of healthy ecological mangrove communities is documented the world over but the destruction of these iconic natural ecosystems continues unabated. Exponential population pressure is one of the primary causes of this destruction and the survival and sustainability of these precious mangrove ecosystems is critical.
Rivon Paino - Indonesia - Women Guard the Earth from Disaster
A woman from the village of Bangga, Boalemo, Gorontalo. Lowering mangrove seeds from the ship. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she rehabilitated mangrove forests damaged by fishponds
Yara Schaeffer-Novelli - Guatemala - Mangroves always resilient
Field work at West Guatemala mangroves
Charlotte Sams - Bahamas - Spotted sea hare on mangrove
A spotted sea hare (Aplysia dactylomela) perches on a red mangrove, Bimini, Bahamas.
Asfau Hassan - Maldives - Goidhoo kulhi
Mangroves of Goidhoo island, Maldives
Siraj Paruk - South Africa - Connecting children with nature
The Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve is gem within the bustling City of Durban where communities living in a highly urbanised environment can connect with nature.
Matthew Harris - USA - Matlacha Mangroves At Sunrise
Taken along the west side of Matlacha, FL
Charan Raj - India - I'm Viviparous!
As a part of mangrove conservation, Andamans have a special projects to grow and conserve the oldest forests.
Andrew McInnis - Micronesia - Sonneratia alba
Roots of Sonneratia alba. (Kosrae,FSM)
Rosalina Perdomo - Ecuador - Flamenco en islas Galápagos
En una de las islas Galápagos este flamenco aprovecha la cercanía del manglar para buscar comida.
Amrito Chakraborty - India - Lesser adjutant stork
this is an unique bird of mangrove. Previously most common in the Indian Subcontinent, now vulnerable according to IUCN Red list due to massive habitat loss and poaching. This picture was taken in Sundarban national Park at West Bengal, India. Picture was taken from a boat in the afternoon golden light.
Barkhadle Abdulkadir Hassan - Somalia - Abaydhan beach, Near Mogadishu
Ecological tour on Mangrove Plantation
Abel Kiprono - Kenya - Building Capacity on Mangrove Conservation
Ecosystem Restoration is becoming a global priority with renewed efforts being received after the UN proclaimed the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. In particular, mangroves of Mombasa Kenya have been threatened and abused in the past decades. To counter this, key stakeholders are working in tandem to stem continued degradation by creating awareness on the importance of mangrove forests. The image was taken after mangrove planting activity in Tudor creek, Mombasa on December 2019. The event was organized by Brain Youth Group, Kenya Association of Muslim Environmental Professionals (KAMEP) and The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI).
Javier Herranz Casellas - USA - Drive slowly please
Every year thousands of animals are killed by traffic on the road as this alligator hit by traffic on the entrance road to Flamingo. Everglades National Park. Florida. USA
Fatima Khan - Pakistan - Mangrove Forest 1 WWF-Pakistan Karachi_1280
The picture was taken while visiting Wetland Centre of WWF-Pakistan in which is a conservation centre near Hawks Bay in Karachi. This is where the thick forest of Mangroves are planted with donations received from corporate sector
Ron Cranwell - Indonesia - Harbor or forest
Small bay on the northwest coast of Bali. One lone mangrove tree survives among the fishing boats. This whole bay use to be mangroves. We are replanted them with the support of the fisherman.
