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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Ricci Shryock - Guinea-Bissau - Environmental Balance in the Bijagos - Ndira and Teresa and oysters in the mangroves
The Bijagós archipelago is a group of 88 mangrove and palm-fringed islands and islets off the coast of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. The islands are a unique biosphere, and many of its areas are also considered sacred by the Bijagos community, and are therefore protected by the communities from overdevelopment. Amid the mangroves of Bubaque island, women form groups to gather oysters from the mangroves. The oysters are then sold or sometimes used in traditional ceremonies. Pictured here, Ndira Lopes, 22, and Teresa Jaoquim, 39, pose for a portrait as they wade through water during low tide to look for oysters.
Catalin Chitu - Vietnam - Cần Giờ Mangrove Forest Wildlife (2)
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.
Mustufa Kapasi - India - Beautiful Island with Mangroves
Poovar has beatiful mangroves forest with exotic birds. It has been preserves over the decades.
Kalpani Jayarathne - Sri Lanka - Growing mangrove propagule
This photograph were taken from malala lagoon, Bundala National Park , Srilanka . A result of rehabilitation mangrove planting project
Kim Ingersoll - Belize - A baby mangrove
A 5 year old mangrove we grew from a seed.
Vipulkumar Parekh - India - Invictus Avicennia
Photograph was clicked from the Purna estuary, Gujarat , India. Very old tree of Avicennia marina root zone has been exposed because of sea level rise in the estuary causes the heavy erosion. Many islands of the estuary suffered of land erosion because of sea level rise. Even such a harsh situation old tree of Avicennia marina has pegged itself against all odds like sea level rise scenario.
Charan Raj - India - King hunter
It was a glorious sight to see a white breasted kingfisher on its perch
Ulrich Saint-Paul - Indonesia - Pollution
Wonorejo Mangrove Ecotourism, Java
Omogoriola Hannah - Nigeria - Man and Mangrove
Man searching for mangrove associated food like mangrove crabs perwinkles and oysters
Michel Strogoff - Madagascar - Mangrove by-catch
Humpback dolphin caught as by-catch by mangrove fishers in northwest Madagascar
Humberto Romero Uribe - Mexico - Dead Mangrove_1280
Dead black mangrove forest in the north of Veracruz, México
Herbert Kikoy - Philippines - Safe Haven
Surviving and growing mangroves in Olango Reef Flat in Olango Island, Lapu Lapu City, Philippines. Being a sanctuary, the place offers not just a safe haven for migratory birds to be specific but the to mangroves as well.
Jacqui Dreessens - Australia - Breathing
Photo taken from the edge of the Barwon River, Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia. Sourcing inspiration for a new choreography called Mangroves from the Water
Louise A. de Guzman - Philippines - The Venue
This photo shows the venue, ready and just waiting for the volunteer mangrove planters of the Mangrove Planting and Coastal Clean-up project headed by the Philippine Coast Guard Auxillary 125th and 107th Squadron last May 18, 2019 at Brgy. Sta Isabel Kawit, Cavite Philippines. Wooden sticks are placed by the locals to guide the volunteers where to plant the seedlings.
Tanvi Gautama - India - The Carers
I took this photograph on a group walk through Mumbai's Marine and Bio Diversity Centre. While learning about the mangroves flora; in the field were the locals of Maharashtra, tending to the mangroves. I photographed this because it fascinated me how such strong mangrove roots received such tender loving care.
Suryansah - Indonesia - Biota Kepiting Laga
Kepiting laga keluar mencari makanan
Jorge Moisés Herrera R. - Panama - Sitio de Refugio
Los manglares son utilizados por muchas especies animales como sitio de refugio, en esta ocasión un perezoso de tres garras (Bradypus variegatus) se esconde en uno de los manglares de la Estación Biológica Punta Galeta en la provincia de Colón.
Annie Guttridge - Bahamas - Reflection
I walked out into the shallows to find newly born lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) desperately hugging the flat waters as the tide slowly creeped higher and revealed a path to a safe refuge area within the mangroves. I watched on as these sharks sprinted to safety early with their entire backs out of the water in order to feel comforted by the sheltered region on the other side. After an hour of attempts the water level finally increased enough for this little shark to reach its desired destination, away from predators such as barracuda and larger sharks.
Nurul Kamila - Indonesia - We need real action for mangroves at the edge of town
2019, to celebrate of mangrove day's we took directly planting mangrove in dusun tangkolak, cilamaya wetan, karawang. It was attended by many participants including senior figures, communities, schools, and people around.
Julie Cross - Australia - Under the Mangroves, Boondall Wetlands
Enchantingly quiet, a lone swamp hen picking its way back to shore; reflections settling into water at once filthy and beautiful with its (dis)colouration. Also near Brisbane City Council's Nudgee Waste Transfer Station.
Jenny Stock - Indonesia - Burst
In the peaceful waters of Raja Ampat, beneath a canopy of mangrove forest, this stunning soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) thrives on the roots of a tree. It's bursting shape and reaching fingers echo that of the sunbeams that are captured behind. These rays of light stream through the vista, illuminating weird and wonderful shapes which are a delight to capture in this otherworldly landscape. Mangroves are a vital part of a healthy marine environment as they provide protected spaces for nurseries of young animals. They also shield shorelines from storm damage and floods. Their fallen leaves decompose under the tangle of roots and provide rich organic nutrients. This mulch-like mud is easily stirred, I had to be very slow and gentle in my movements so as not to compromise the image with 'back scatter' (particles of dirt, kicked-up into the water)
Gautam Kumar Das - India - Mangrove Swamps and Salt Marshes
Mangroves and marshes exist intermingled with each other that act as the sediments bafflers
Danilo Jefferson Romero - Brazil - Sky above mangrove
A natural clearing of Rhizophora mangrove forest in Pará State, Brazil
Unsika Peduli Mangrove - Indonesia - Notice care for mangrove plants
Sentences on a beautiful carved wooden board to remind and invite tourists to protect and maintain mangroves as well as possible. Which is where Mangroves have a good impact in tackling the tides. This photo is focused on writing measured in wood in the form of an invitation sentence, with the addition of the original mangrove plants giving a real effect.
Mikhail Kapychka - Thailand - Green
Mangrove plants in the Gulf of Thailand against the background of night green lights of fishing boats. Thailand
Sarah Ali Khan - Pakistan - The Watering Hole 2
A smile for me between sweat & toil. The family boat carrying fresh water, waiting in the wings.
Mark Hart - Belize - Expired blue crab
Marco Gonzalez is a Maya archaeological site on the southern tip of Ambergris Caye off the coast of Belize. It formed part of the Maya people’s network of production and trade in salt between the Yucatan peninsula and the coast from approximately 300 B.C. to 1250 A.D. The site is currently surrounded by mangroves and the blue crab here lies deceased in shallow water off the boardwalk into the site.
Asfau Hassan - Maldives - Addu Nature Park
Eedhigali kilhi, Addu, Maldives
Nurkalida - Indonesia - Sensing the extinction
A better human resources is taking responsibility to take action in increasing the growth of the mangrove.
Ma. Victoria Conde - Philippines - Bleak
Around 600 mangrove trees were cut down in Bulacan, Philippines - the site for a big reclamation (airport) project in Manila Bay.
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.
Joseph-Alexandre Gérald - France - A new beginning
Taken in Martinique, in the city called Le Diamant in the Taupiniere Mangrove
Andrew McInnis - Micronesia - Connected Ecosystems
Kosrae has some of the most extensive mangrove ecosystems in Micronesia, which are connected to adjacent seagrass meadows and coral reefs.
Derrick Muyodi - Kenya - Propagule Hunting
A member of the community group hunting for propagules for planting in degraded areas of Tudor Creek Mombasa.
Mayang Sari Takdir - Indonesia - Forests Like a Mother
For the Kamoro coastal community, the forest is like their mother, all food is available in the forest including the mangrove forest. they will always protect the forest for the next generation
Zsuzsanna Bagotai - Malaysia - Lunchtime
Location: Langkawi Date: October 2018
Peyman Bordbar - Iran - Amphibian Trees
Qeshm Island. Avicennia marina. Threatened by over-exploitation of mangrove leaves and oil pollution.
Steph Johnson - Australia - Mangrove art in Shark Bay (1)
Took this second photo on my morning walk 19th July -walking by the mangroves of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Photo not edited in any way - the beautiful art of nature
Srikanth Mannepuri - India - Fishing cat- The wetland ambassador
The fishing cat, a species of wild feline found in the wetland habitats of south and southeast Asia. Fishing cats are well adapted to wetlands and ts diet consists of fish, small birds, rodents, water snakes and crabs etc., Godavari mangrove forest along the East coast of India holding one of the highest number of fishing cat populations in the world. Fishing cats are more active in nights and their hunting behaviour in mangrove forest is completely depend on tides. As the water level change every six hours, during high tide, the cats can be found on branches of trees or curled up on raised land. When the tide recedes, they forage near shallow pools of water to hunt for prey.
Jane Wong - Australia - Up is down
Submerged roots create a rich habitat for many.
Pilar Angelica Gomez Ruiz - Mexico - Resting on a Sunny day
Mangroves of Terminos Lagoon in Campeche state, Mexico are recognized as RAMSAR site for their importance to many migratory species
Bremley Lyngdoh - Myanmar - Next generation of mangrove rangers
Boy wearing mangrove for life T shirt at Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park after training to become the next generation of mangrove rangers.
Christopher Scarffe - Madagascar - Mangroves under the stars
The mangroves of Lokobe Nature Reserve in northwest Madagascar under a clear starry sky.
Siraj Paruk - South Africa - Connecting children with nature (2)
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.
Jerry Chidi - Nigeria - Niger Delta Ecocide
The Niger Delta has the fourth largest mangrove forest in the world but this forest is shrinking at an alarming rate as a result of pollution from crude oil exploration and exploitation, overexploitation of mangrove resource and alien invasion. The rich biodiversity of the region is thus critically endangered and the fisher folks are mostly out of work as a result of declining fisheries. The situation is now being described as Niger Delta Ecocide.
Horacio Mones - Brazil - Looking for clams
we take tourists to participate in the activities of fishermen
Seacology - Colombia - Isla Grande mangrove tour
Local nature guides lead a canoe tour through the mangroves on Isla Grande, Rosario Islands, Colombia. © Seacology
Hazel Vandeleur - Australia - Beauty under the cloud of the Smelter
Whilst the scene is picturesque, these mangroves grow in a contaminated system and at the edge of their temperature and salinity range.
Isai Dominguez Guerrero - Mexico - Among giants
Mexico has about two million of three hundred thousand acres of mangrove forests, of which the La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve is one of the largest and where the most developed mangroves in the American Pacific are located. Here are the giants of La Encrusted in Chiapas, Mexico.
Alvaro Herrero López-Beltrán - Indonesia - Sponges in the mangroove
Underwater photography of the sponges that inhabit the mangroves
Zulkifli Mangkau - Indonesia - Build conservation awareness from the community
The conservation awareness movement has always been driven by the Natural Resources Management Advocacy Network (Japesda) which is a Non-Governmental Organization from Gorontalo which focuses on environmental issues and its management. This institution succeeded in changing the bad behavior of the people of Uwedikan Village, East Luwuk, Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, towards managing mangroves in a good direction. Japesda not only succeeded in inviting the community, but also succeeded in inviting the government to participate in environmental management that focused on the existence of the mangrove tree ecosystem and the life of the surrounding biota. Now, the community in the uwedikan village has become a better community and always lives side by side with mangroves. They look after mangroves like looking after their own lives. This success, not only the success of Japesda which always advocates for the importance of the existence of mangroves, more than that, this success is the success of a united community and has a strong determination to maintain the existence of mangroves for the next generation, and of course for a better earth.
Veri Ana Kristin Sagala - Indonesia - Persediaan Bibit Mangrove di Pulau Putri, Desa segaran, Batu Jaya, Kabupaten Karawang
Pelestarian terhadap persediaan bibit mangrove di Pulau Putri, Desa segaran, Batu Jaya, Kabupaten Karawang sangat lah penting dilaksanakan agar tanah di pantai tidak terjadi abrasi (erosi pantai)sehingga fauna yang terdapat didalam pantai dapat terjaga dan mangrove tersebut dapat menjaga keseimbangan ekosistem dibumi.
Zaheer Iqbal - Bangladesh - Tiger pug mark on mud
Bengal tigers pug mark on Sundarban soil.
Putri Selaras - Indonesia - Manusia mengancam kehidupan mangrove
Meningkatnya manfaat dari mangrove, maka keberadaan mangrove juga terancam jika tidak pandai membudidayakan nya. Kebiasaan manusia yang menganggap alam sebagai ladang ekonomi sangat berbahaya. Menebang dan mengambil hasil mangrove sembarang. Perlu tindakan dan kesadaran untuk menjaganya. Jangan sampai manfaat utama dari mangrove sebagai penahan abrasi hilang karna sudah tidak ada lagi mangrove yg tersisa.
Gabriel Altamirano Rocha - Mexico - Espejo de agua
A picture of the mangrove of Sontecomapan, Veracruz, México. This mangrove leads the community management in México, is an example of how the people can earn beneficts by taking care of the nature.
Rivon Paino - Indonesia - Destruction of Tanjung Panjang Nature Reserve
Tanjung Panjang Nature Reserve is a promising wetland area with biodiversity in Gorontalo Province. Now, the Tanjung Panjang Nature Reserve is damaged by fish and shrimp ponds.
Thadshajiny Kandasamy - Sri Lanka - Little sprouts
Eight-month progress update from our restoration efforts
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.
Swaroop Singha Roy - India - Conqueor the Delta!
A close up of the jaws of a Saltwater Crocodile - the largest living reptile on the planet.
André Souza - Brazil - Waiting for the food
The children of the community watch from the top of the tree, the fishermen returning from fishing.
Chris Walker - Australia - Lonely Mangrove at Sunrise
Sunrise over a splendid old mangrove tree near Toondah Harbourin the Moreton Bay Ramsar site where there are plans for construction of 3,600 apartments on mudflats which sustain migratory shorebirds and marine creatures.
Herbert Kikoy - Philippines - Safe Haven 2
Surviving and growing mangroves in Olango Reef Flat in Olango Island, Lapu Lapu City, Philippines. Being a sanctuary, the place offers not just a safe haven for migratory birds to be specific but the to mangroves as well.
William Murray - Australia - Cape Tribulation, QLD
Cape Tribulation is part of the Daintree Rainforest in Queensland Australia. The parts of this area which are not protected within the World Heritage listed National Park are under threat from development.
Vidyasagar Hariharan - India - The real Man vs Wild aka Live and Let Live
Every year during winter thousands of lesser and greater flamingos migrate to the financial capital of India, Mumbai and stay till the onset of the monsoon in June. The growing population has meant that man has occupied every inch of land available. the remaining wetlands are under threat. here flamingos are seen feeding in a wetland lake adjoining the mangroves and highrises in the suburb of Navi Mumbai. the reflection of the buildings is a grim testimony of the struggle and loss of habitat these birds are facing.
Matthew Albanus - Malaysia - Mother Knows Best
A mother proboscis monkey and her infant keeping their distance from any intruders.
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).
Jorge Silva Rivera - Mexico - Pijijis
Una enorme parvada de Pïjijis (Dendrocygna autummalis) levantando el vuelo en la Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada. Son tan abundantes por toda la costa Chiapaneca, que río y pueblo toman de él su nombre (Pijijiapan). Imagen realizada desde un ultraligero. Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada, Chiapas. México.
Juhel laurent - France - Noé
Mangrove de la Taupinière en Martinique. Phénomène "Mangrove" Algue Dunaliella salina
Mondal Falgoonee Kumar - Bangladesh - Mother and Child
A mother spotted deer is feeding her child. She is frightened and cautious about the surroundings. The photo is taken from Kakta, Sundarbans.
Ricci Shryock - Guinea-Bissau - Environmental Balance in the Bijagos - Sona and oysters in the mangroves
The Bijagós archipelago is a group of 88 mangrove and palm-fringed islands and islets off the coast of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. The islands are a unique biosphere, and many of its areas are also considered sacred by the Bijagos community, and are therefore protected by the communities from overdevelopment. Amid the mangroves of Bubaque island, women form groups to gather oysters from the mangroves. The oysters are then sold or sometimes used in traditional ceremonies. Pictured here, Sona Sedja, 29, washes the oysters she has collected before taking them to market. Sedja uses the income to support herself and her two children
Maria Janet q. Akip - Philippines - Reproduction
Replanting and cultivating the mangrove community helps a lot on the reproduction of mangroves. It is through the help of a certain individual to cultivate the grow of the mangroves. To make it healthy and productive.
Sherwin Gozon - Australia - Heart of the Creek
This was an area where crocodiles live and swim this area. It took me awhile to find this heart shape mangroves, At first, I went there because of the water colours are good and with closer look I noticed it was a heart shape.
Fitta Setiajiati - Indonesia - Mutualism Symbiosis of Mangrove
Communities around mangroves in West Kalimantan, Indonesia utilize mangrove forests as a food source for trigona bees. The selling price of trigona honey in mangroves is much more expensive than wild honey (Apis dorsata). This is very meritorious in increasing cash income
Supratim Bhattacharjee - India - Honey Collector
July 15, 2015 : A fisherman is sailing through the dense forest on his boat in Sundarbans, India. The southern part of Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta is a common ground between India and Bangladesh. The Indian delta region stretches around 4000 sq.km approximately. It is covered with the biggest mangrove forest in the world containing 102 swampy islands, out of which only 52 are inhabited by humans. The people here largely depend on the natural resources of the area for their means of livelihood. Global warming is the prime threat to this region. One of the major reasons for this environmental emergency is deforestation. The illiterate, poor and ignorant islanders have vividly cut down bigger trees to collect wood for fuel. They also consider the wood for selling as it is a rich forest product with "Sundari" trees providing the finest variety of wood. Thus, the forest which earlier served as a buffer ground between the wild side of nature and life now has made the soil susceptible to water attacks. As the terror of the environment continues to rage in the form of devastating floods, intense storms, and torrential rains, this land is getting more prone to disaster. The increase in the level of erosion has added to the situation. Sundarbans is seeing 3.14 mm rise in sea levels every year. As the rise in sea levels increases, the salinity in water degrades soil quality causing reduced crop yield and food crisis. Drinking water is also getting increasing obscure here. Additionally, water has already devoured parts of Mousuni and Ghoramara Island. Predictions are saying that a large portion of Sundarbans' island will get submerged in the coming years.
Asfau Hassan - Maldives - Goidhoo kulhi
Mangroves of Goidhoo island, Maldives
Pallavi Laveti - India - Sun bathing in the Sundarbans
This is a picture of Salt water crocodile clicked in the mangroves of Sundarbans in India. As the name implies, this species of crocodile can live in marine environment, but usually resides in saline and brackish mangrove swamps, estuaries, deltas, lagoons and lower stretches of rivers. Being cold blooded animals, they can be seen basking in the sun to soak up some heat. The crocodile in the image is doing exactly that. The image takes in the habitat to give more context.
Amdad Hossain - Bangladesh - The gate of the dead tree
Two trees by the sea, which have been like gates for many years. The photo was taken from Mirsarai area of Chittagong city in Bangladesh.
Luke Pounder - Trinidad & Tobago - Mother mangrove
A painting I did depicting the amazing views of Nariva Swamp overhead
Kushankur Bhattacharyya - India - Family
Blue spotted Mudskipeers are amphibian fishes and are strictly territorial. The males are known open their mouth wide and display their dorsal fin during combats. Here they are aggregated unusually as the tidal water was coming up and this was the only highland available.
Mangrove tree planting at Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India
Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Rhizophora mangrove trees, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India
Murray Cooper - Ecuador - Worlds tallest mangroves 1
Some of the worlds tallest mangroves in Cayapas-Mataje Reserve on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador
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
Anita Kainrath - Bahamas - Lemon pups
Juvenile lemon sharks in a mangrove forest.
Ramiro Arcos-Aguilar - Mexico - A mystic forest
In the middle of the night, mangroves are a mystic and mysterious place. A lot of different sounds emerge from different angles, giving away animals hiding between the branches. Marsh plants growing close by make this place look magical as they move with the small waves that have been weakened by the presence of mangrove trees. Behind the mangroves on the other side of the coast, you can observe the bright city lights that create a silhouette of the mangrove trees in the background. Mangroves offer unique landscapes that connect land and sea, making the dynamism of these habitats absolutely stunning.
Javier Herranz Casellas - USA - Garza on its territory
Heron lives practically in all flooded areas of Florida where it feeds on fish taking advantage of the last light of sunset.
Amartya Mukherjee - India - Feline Grace
Description: Having spent seven nights on a boat, in the mile-wide mangrove-lined waterways of the Indian Sundarbans, I had ample opportunities to experience the unique ecology of what is considered as not only the world’s largest delta but also the only mangrove-habitat of the tiger. But the tiger is not the only cat that resides in these mangroves as they are home to fishing cats and jungle cats. This shows a mother jungle cut stretching in front of the dense forest, bathed in the golden light of the setting sun.
Ivan Gabaldon - Mexico - Mangrove ecosystem in northern Yucatan Peninsula, #2
Aerial view of coastal mangrove ecosystem in northern Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Subha Chakraborty - India - Livelihood in Mangrove
The local community based livelihood practice in mangrove regions over Andaman
Pratik Chorge - India - Sea of Pink (2)
Following large number of flamingos congregating across the Talawe wetlands comprising NRI Complex, Seawoods and Training Ship Chanakya (TSC) in Navi Mumbai during the lockdown imposed for the coronavirus pandemic, the Maharashtra government is examining the possibility of declaring the area as a conservation reserve to protect the migratory bird habitat. The local planning agency, however, the City Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (Cidco) plans to develop a golf course at the site, which has been opposed by environmentalists and residents. Their attempt is construct 17 buildings with 1,564 flats and 20 offices along with a sprawling 30-acre gold course, according to their project plans submitted before the Maharashtra government. Maharashtra's mangrove cell, on the other hand, intends on protecting the Talawe wetlands as buffer to the Thane creek flamingo sanctuary based on recommendations by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). According to the Union environment ministry, conservation reserves are protected areas that act as buffer zones or connectors and migration corridors between established national parks, wildlife sanctuaries or reserved and protected forests of India. There are 88 conservation reserves in India across 12 states. Flamingo numbers have been much more than previous years crossing the 8,500 mark in April 2020 at the wetland. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including Navi Mumbai, is the second largest flamingo habitat along the west coast after Kutch, Gujarat. The sea of pink is usually witnessed gradually MMR from November onwards to May mostly for feeding purposes from the Gujarat region, which is their breeding area. Migration starts after monsoon, when water-filled regions start drying up. However, owing to good availability of water last year through winter, arrivals this year were delayed, said experts. The overall area suggested for protection by BNHS includes – 783-hectare foraging area and 46-hectare core area, which include the 14-hectare TSC and 21.9-hectare NRI Complex, home to thousands of migratory birds. While the entire zone has 58 bird’s species, 33 migratory species, eight near-threatened, two vulnerable, two species protected under schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and four under schedule IV, according to BNHS.
Lucas Nunes da Lucas Silva - Brazil - Crab Tree
Crab making use of mangrove tree trunks as a shelter.
Surendran Chokkalingam - India - King Cobra @ Mangrove Forest
The king was swimming between islands in Sundarban
Jose Tavares Bezerra Junior - Brazil - Family Meeting
Spotted the gathering of wonderful birds in the mangrove of Brazil
Remmy Safari Shoka - Kenya - Team Building
Mangrove ecosystem offers unique environment for provision of ecosystem services. The services explored here are eco-tourism and aesthetic value. The eco-tourism services are made possible through the existence of the mangrove ecosystem in its near-natural state and enhanced through the availability of an eco-facility. To ensure continuity of tapping into these services, the need to sustainable exploit and manage these unique resources is needed.
Joseph-Alexandre Gérald - France - South America exist inside the Mangrove
I saw the Latin American continent draw in the mangrove. Taken in Martinique, in the city called Le Diamant in the Taupiniere Mangrove.
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.
Vimalan Magandran - Malaysia - Lets Boating at Mangrove
The boat is parked in the waters of Mangrove Coastal Area as for mangrove conservation & fishing
Carmen Danae - Dominican Republic - Mangle de Plastico 2
Plastic Pollution is a serious issue that is affecting mangrove forests around the world. This mangrove forest is a Ramsar convention recognized wetland and "protected" National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Rovina Perilla-Facey - Philippines - Food in the Mangroves- Trapping the Crab
Mangrove Forest provides key opportunities to the local community such as natural livelihood. In the Philippines, some people use bamboo wooden-made cage to trap crabs. Picture shows a man setting up his crab cages before the high tide comes. Both true and mangrove-associated forests are home to edible crabs
I Made Yunarta - Indonesia - Kepiting Uca Berasosiasi dengan Mangrove
Mangrove menyimpan banyak spesies hewan seperti burung, kepiting, ular dan lain lain. Kepiting uca adalah kepiting yang hidup di area mangrove (hutan bakau) bersembunyi pada lumpur sebagai rumahnya. Mangrove sendiri adalah tempat berlindung sanga aman bagi habitat kepiting uca ini.
Barkhadle Abdulkadir Hassan - Somalia - Abaydhan beach, Near Mogadishu
Ecological tour on Mangrove Plantation
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.
Fredrick Mungai - Kenya - Mangrove planting by local community
The photo was taken during the annual mangrove replanting excercise, where the community committed to planting 4000 mangrove seedlings every year at degraded areas within the bay.
Karthiick Saravanan - India - Small Boat Fishing
Shot in canon.. Early Morning is the Good Time for Fishing.
Sawlihim Bakar - Malaysia - Widespread Logging Without Replanting #2
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
Harsh Ganapathi - India - Early morning fishing
Fishermen and birds travel in opposite directions but for the same goal i.e. to catch fish. This photo is taken in Muthupet mangroves at low tide.
Lili Wei - China - Mangroves near the aquaculture ponds
In southeast China, the wastewater from aquaculture ponds released into the mangrove forest nearby directly.
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.
Le Minh Tuan - Indonesia - Don't give up
Mangrove always alive and growing up although not good land and water
Radhika Bhargava - India - Plight of the Tree
This image is taken from a boat while traveling around an eroding island (approaching low tide). The submerged tree and the tip to the island in the background shows the extent of loss that land has gone through. Such scenes are common in the Sundarbans where erosion is rampant.
I Made Yunarta - Indonesia - Sampah ancam mangrove
Sampah plastik adalah permasalahan global yang belum terpecahkan penanggulangannya di Indonesia. Sampah plastik memiliki tingkat ancaman yang bisa berdampak ke mahkluk hidup. sebagai contoh mangrove pada gambar ini apakah mangrove terlihat indah ketika terkena plastik pasti hal tersebut akan berdampah terhadap ekosistem mangrove dan habitat mangrove. Sampah plastik akan merusak dan mengurangi keindangan mangrove.
Eiko Jones - Grand Cayman - Hiding in the Mangroves
Juvenile Schoolmaster and Four-eyed Butterfly fish seek shelter in the protective roots of mangroves on Grand Cayman Island.
Bonifacio de Jesus Moreira Soares - Timor-Leste - Timorese Traditional Rule for Mangrove Conservation
Timorese Traditional law take huge rule in conservative of mangrove plant in Timor-Leste. The law that prohibited people from harming the environment especially mangrove
Sandra McCullough - Australia - Core sampling in the Daintree
A group of volunteers led by tidal wetland ecologist and co-founder of MangroveWatch, Jock Mackenzie, extract a mangrove peat sediment core in the mangrove ecosystem along the Daintree River, Australia. Volunteers participate as part of a research and monitoring citizen science expedition organised by Earthwatch Australia. Valuable data collected will form important research and contribute to improved management and conservation of the Daintree mangroves.
Mondal Falgoonnee Kumar - Bangladesh - Mother and Child
A mother spotted deer is feeding her child. She is frightened and cautious about the surroundings. The photo is taken from Kakta, Sundarbans.
Hazel Vandeleur - Australia - Trying to succeed
Trying to gain ground, these mangroves are at the edge of their ability to cope with extremely high salinity and temperatures in a polluted environment.
Magdalena Mossbrucker - Ecuador - Origins of a New World
Estuaries fringed by mangroves (in this case the white mangrove Laguncularia racemosa) provide an important habitat for juvenile and adult fishes, birds, turtles, crabs, sharks and more. Their beauty is easily reflected at the channel where the tide flows out creating the illusion of a cristalline river in the Laguna de las Ninfas on Santa Cruz island, Galapagos
Paloma Noronha - India - Mangrove under great pressure
Mangrove consists of unique forests that provide direct and indirect services. For more than a year I was working towards monitoring the wetlands in and around Navi-Mumbai when I clicked this picture. These wetlands have been under intense pressure due to anthropogenic activities especially urbanization and land use changes associated with construction activities.
João Felipe Magnani - Brazil- Memories of the past
A crab collector from the Itaipu region helping to capture Goniopsis Cruentata with his traditional skills, for future research by our group of researchers.
Dulce Laura Flores Ramírez - Mexico - Inspiration at Celestún
The Celestun biosphere reserve is located in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, where different species of plants and animals live, some of them endemic. Celestún offers a spectacular space of inspiration for people who visit it. It is a great place to feel connected to nature.
Michael Beattie - USA - Mangrove Dawn
Florida Keys Red Mangroves In The Stillness of Dawn
Leah Glass - Madagascar - Malagasy mangrove fishers
Malagasy fishers in a traditional pirogue in the mangroves on northwest Madagascar. Fishing is an integral part of the culture in coastal Madagascar and mangroves support critical fisheries upon which communities depend for protein and income.
Manrico Masagca - Philippines - In the mangrove forest
A community of major, minor and associated mangroves in Palnab, Virac, Catanduanes
Janina Lobmüller - Brazil - On the way to work
During my Master‘s studies I spent 6 months in Northern Brazil doing research on a mangrove crab. This photo captures my way to work during this time - and the normal way to work for many crab catchers in the region.
Michael Beattie - USA - Mangrove Roots
Red Mangrove Prop roots digging into a rock trail in the Florida Keys
Janet Mueni - Kenya - A Degraded Mangrove Ecosystem
An image showing a degraded mangrove ecosystem taken during the Adopt A Site Program, led by Ceriops Environmental Organization and Big Ship CBO as the project institutions
Melora - USA - Mangrove Reflections
Reflection
Briana Martinez - USA - Pink Propagule - Rhizophora mangle
Mangrove propagules are typically green because they contain chlorophyll. This pink propagule is chlorophyll-deficient, which is commonly referred to as albinism.
Haliza Nurdilla - Indonesia - Visit the Mangrove Living Place
We are always curious about mangroves. The soil is diverse, some are sandy, muddy, clay and have a distinctive aroma. They make a huge contribution to the comfort of human life. My friend and I try to continue to maintain the sense of comfort.
Harry Pieters - Indonesia - Bedul Mangroves Conservation at Alas Purwo National Park
The Mangrove forest area in Bedul is the largest remaining mangrove forest in Java. The beauty of this location from the wholeness and naturalness of the existing mangrove forest and become a place to find food and breed several species of water birds as well as several types of migratory birds.
Frederick Asante - Sri Lanka - Pandanus sp
Pandanus is neither an associate nor a true mangrove. However, in Rekawa mangrove forest, these species cover most part of the forest. They density increases from the lagoon to the landward margin of the forest
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.
Howard De Abreu - Suriname -Mangrove trees towards the mouth of the river
A lot of mangrove trees along the shore of the Matapica creek.
Dr Sodikin - Indonesia - Rhizophora apiculata who are over 15 year old
rhizphora apiculata who are over 15 years old in cantigi distict Indramayu west Java
Jackie Mullen - Senegal - Baye
Taken in Bettantí, Senegal. Utilizing mangroves for biodiversity efforts.
Julie Cross - Australia - Grey Mangrove shoots, Pine River
I'm no ecologist. They seem so fragile in the winter sunlight, but perhaps they are in fact able to withstand the rising tides and encroaching development. Near Dohles Rocks.
Heritiana Alexis Randrianiaina - Madagascar - Mangrove Spider
A mangrove spider captured in the mangrove forests, southwest Madagascar.
Cesar J. Zacarías-Coxic - Guatemala - Muerte del manglar
Modificación de la calidad y cantidad de agua ha provocado la muerte del manglar y posteriormente se usaron los árboles muertos como leña
Dr. Samimul Islam - India - Viviparous Germination
Viviparous germination is special type of feature of mangrove plant. When the fruits are on the trees, germinates and after getting some suitable place, falls on the ground for the next plant
Dr Sudhir Gaikwad - India - Do Not Litter Plastic
THIS GULL WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE THANE CREEK FLAMINGO SANCTUARY.LOTS OF PLASTIC WASTE WAS THROWN INSIDE THE CREEK, WHICH CAN BE THREAT TO WILDLIFE......
Ian Lockwood - Bangladesh - October Sky, Sundarban_1280
Monsoon clouds linger over a remote part of the Bangladesh Sundarban. Taken on medium format film in the 1990s as a part of a series on Bangladesh's forests.
Morgan Bennett-Smith - Papua New Guinea - Sun and moon in the mangrove roots
A school of silver moony (Monodactylus sp.) shelter in the roots of a Red Sea mangrove in northern Saudi Arabia. The Red Sea is home to the world's northernmost mangrove forests, and, unlike in many regions, Red Sea mangroves have recently expanded in coastal land coverage.
Savary Romain - Saudi Arabia - Hide-and-seek
Hide-and-seek with baby blue spotted ribbontail stingrays in the shallow water of the mangrove surrounding the KAUST university, Saudi arabia, Red Sea.
Dr Sodikin - Indonesia - A type of mangrove that has beautiful outer roots
a type of mangrove that has beautiful outer roots
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.
Hanjar Mulya - Indonesia - A friendship, mangrove and Community
Friendship that is mutually beneficial. make us happy with this coastal sustainability
Amartya Mukherjee - India - The Balancing Act_
Having spent seven nights on a boat, in the mile-wide mangrove-lined waterways of the Indian Sundarbans, I had ample opportunities to experience the unique ecology of what is considered as not only the world’s largest delta but also the only mangrove-habitat of the tiger. The tiger’s prey in the swampy tidal terrain of the Sundarbans comprises rhesus macaques, wild boar and spotted deer (chital). This picture shows a chital balancing on its hind legs, as it tries to reach to reach the leaves that grow at a height since the lower parts of the trees get completely inundated during the high tides.
Rosalina Perdomo - Ecuador - Flamenco en islas Galápagos
En una de las islas Galápagos este flamenco aprovecha la cercanía del manglar para buscar comida.
Muhammad Amdad Hossain - Bangladesh - A guava seller
The photo taken from a garden of Barisal city in bangladesh.
Jock Mackenzie - Australia - mangrove shinrin-yoku
Shinrin-Yoku is the Japanese practice of forest bathing to connect with nature and taking in the forest atmosphere. The aesthetic value of mangrove greenspace in urban areas is undervalued. Here we were forest bathing after a hard day's measuring mangrove forest biomass in the late afternoon serenity of Australia's southernmost Bruguiera parviflora forest in the middle of urban Mackay, Queensland.
Ebuka Nwobi - Nigeria - I will be restored
Naturally regenerating mangrove stands in the Niger Delta after disturbance from wood harvesting and imminent invasive species threat.
