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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Kevin Foster - Trinidad & Tobago - Feed Me Mother
All photos taken in Caroni Swamp on the same morning of 2019. A few friends took a early morning tour with our guide Lester Nanan of Winston Nanan's Caroni Bird Sanctuary Tours. The main treat of that tour were the American Flamingos, who we were able to get very close to.
Dhritiman Mukherjee - India - The mottled lightfoot crab on Rhizophora
The mottled lightfoot crab (Grapsus albolineatus) on Rhizophora during high-tide at Niel Island Andamans India
Mitzi Estefanía Gutiérrez Hernández - Mexico - Fortaleza verde
Los manglares albergan gran cantidad de especies de flora y fauna.
Seacology - Kenya - Planting on Giriama Island
Residents of Giriama Island, Kenya, plant mangrove seedlings. © Seacology
S.A.D.J.Amal Priyankara - Sri Lanka - Soul of Mangrove
Real Life of Mangrove Mother
Vimalan Magandran - Malaysia - Mangrove is Lifeline
Save mangroves & protect the coast line
Easan Sathiyalingam - Malaysia - Proboscis Monkey
A Proboscis monkey having its meal along the mangrove forest. I'd like to picture this as a Proboscis monkey pondering of its future in the mangrove.
Mondal Falgoonee Kumar - Bangladesh - River dynamics
Mangrove river system is very dynamic. It frequently changes the direction and you will find dead trees or stumps as a symbol of direction change. External factors influence can change the natural system and lead to unsustainable situation.
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.
Yara Schaeffer-Novelli - Guatemala - Mangroves always resilient
Field work at West Guatemala mangroves
Pilar Angelica Gomez Ruiz - Mexico - Coming back after degradation
This degraded area is under restoration process few years ago in Carmen Island, Mexico. The recovery is slow but birds are now common visitors
Vipulkumar Parekh - India - Unbowed Ceriops
Photo was clicked at the Purna river estuary, Gujarat, India. Mangal of estuary is heavily damaged and disturbed by anthropogenic activities. The fresh plantation have been made by forest department after realizing the reduction of mangrove area in the estuary. The photograph representing the survival spirit of the ceriops (Mangrove) under even every odd situation. Unbowed Ceriops !!!
Dhananjay Rawool - India - Coast Guards on Duty
Mangroves are guards of coastline they provide essential safe buffer zone to coast and beyond coast activities, they help in keeping soil intact.This wall of walking mangroves photographed at Andaman islands which highlights mangrove role in protecting Coasts.
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
Leonardo Cirillo - Brazil - Fiddler crabs - little ecosystem engineers
Despite being small, Fiddler Crabs play a very important role in maintaining the mangrove. the formation of burrows and their feeding method enable a powerful bioturbation, important for the efficient cycling of nutrients. In order for them to play their ecological role, it is necessary to conserve this ecosystem.
Rob Holmes - Thailand - Mangroves and Community-Based Tourism
"Our model of community-based tourism and sustainability is set up so that if we're taken away, if guests are taken away, the community is still going to be fine." The power of sustainability. Situated amidst pristine islands and mangroves along Thailand’s Andaman Coast, this rural muslim community has adopted a successful and sustainable community-based tourism model.
Peyman Bordbar - Iran - Amphibian Trees
Qeshm Island. Avicennia marina. Threatened by over-exploitation of mangrove leaves and oil pollution.
Japhet Kaadzo Tembo - Kenya - Mangrove community conservation
Community mangrove ecosystem along Kilifi Creek. A boardwalk broken down and the community had paid me a call to access the situation and looking into means of finding support to them for renovation. They are using mangrove ecotourism as an ecosystem service to support their livelihoods
Rishi Goordial - Trinidad & Tobago - Tricoloured Heron fishing
The Tricoloured Heron is a sleek and elegant heron . Here we can see a specimen feeding in the brackish waters of the Oropouche Mangrove
Jock Mackenzie - Australia - Compounding effects
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. Consecutive severe cyclones in the area then destroyed mangroves along 400km of coastline, much of which will never recover due to sea level rise. Photo taken Calvert River, 2019.
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.
P. Ragavan - India - Little known architects of Mangroves
Spider web in Mangroves
Sankara Vel. V - India - Resources for Humans
Traditionally, the mangroves used as firewood and charcoal. The mangrove trees themselves provide fuel, medicines,tannins, dyeing, leather production and wood for building houses and the construction of dwellings, furniture and boats.
Alvaro Herrero López-Beltrán - Indonesia -Love in the mangroove
A couple of planarians reproduce under the magical light that filters through the mangroves
Seacology - Colombia - Isla Grande mangrove tour
Local nature guides lead a canoe tour through the mangroves on Isla Grande, Rosario Islands, Colombia. © Seacology
Delphine L. Pereira - India - Unity in diversity
Dragon fly on Pneumatophore covered wiyh molluscan.
Linda Pitkin - Indonesia - Archer Fish in mangroves
Archer Fish (Toxotes jaculatrix) were in a small group, flitting between the branching roots of the mangroves. Patterns of their reflections showed at the water surface, as the fish swim there looking for prey. At Yanggefo Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
Poh Poh Wong - Indonesia -Typical large S. alba offers coastal protection
Spared from logging large S. alba on the seaward edge of the mangrove fringe offers the first line of defence from storms and tsunamis.
Anne Wnajiru - Kenya - Triple win benefits through mangrove conservation
Through the Mikoko Pamoja carbon project in Gazi Bay, Kenya, the local community has managed to protect 117ha of mangroves from being degraded as well as restore 0.4ha annually in the degraded shorelines of Gazi. Mikoko Pamoja is the first community led project in the world to conserve mangroves through the sale of carbon credits. The project is accredited by plan vivo standards to sell 3000tco2 credits in the voluntary carbon market for 20 years earning the community USD 15,000 annually.The project has resulted to triple win benefits i.e to the community, biodiversity and climate as the carbon funds are ploughed back to the community to implement community development projects in education, water and sanitation as well as mangrove restoration.
Darryl Hernandez - Trinidad & Tobago - Catching early morning sun rays with the 'Sanke Bird'
Anhinga commonly referred to as the snake bird, Nariva Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Benjamín Castillo Elías - Mexico - Passageway between mangroves area
Passage between the mangrove area in the Nuxco Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico
Rob Valentic - Malaysia - Mangrove Pit Viper in situ
A gorgeous adult male Mangrove Viper (Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus) from the extensive mangrove forests on the north-eastern side of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia. Taken on a Canon EOS 5D Mark 3 DSLR coupled to an EF mount Carl Zeiss 50/2.0 ZE makro-planar lens. Hand held with reflected side-lighting.
Julie Blaze - USA - What makes a habitat a home
Mangroves provide habitat for a wide variety of terrestrial and marine species including rodent species that forage and shelter in mangrove stands. This rodent, photographed in Northern Florida utilizes mangroves as both a source of shelter and a source of food.
Jamila Janna - South Africa - Peak into the Wild
Peak into the mangroves of the wildcoast at an estuary in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Marisol Estrada - Mexico - Flamingo of flamingoes
A flock of flamingoes incredibly forming a flamingo. A view from the sky, a view from a flamingo's eye.
Steven Paton - Panama - Hanging out
Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) posing for a photo opportunity in the mangroves of Bocas del Toro.
Kay Wells - USA - Sunrise Mangrove Trio
Mangroves at sunrise at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Florida
Kartika S. Wijaya - Indonesia - Fisherman among the mangroves (2)
Mangroves provide many benefits for the locals, such as fishing and tourism. While the locals are conserving mangroves as mutual relationship.
Berenice Alvarez Torres - Mexico - Beautiful experience!
Mangroves in Rio Lagartos, Yucatan
Julio Magalhaes II - Brazil - In the roots
Crab walk in the roots
Asfau Hassan - Maldives - Relaxing zone watching eedhigali kilhi
Benches put in place to enjoy the relaxing environment of eedhigali kilhi in the Addu nature park
Hanjar Mulya - Indonesia - Home Sweet Home
Ardea cinerea love the upper mangrove in biawak Island, Indonesia. Its his home to feel the warmth of the family again
Dulce Laura Flores Ramírez - Mexico - When the rain falls in a dry forest
These mangroves are portions of remaining forests in the municipality of Escuinapa Sinaloa, most of the year they are under pressure due to high salinity and water shortages, however, when the rain falls, an explosion of life occurs in this place, being refuge for migratory birds, reptiles and some mammals.
Christopher Scarffe - Madagascar - Mangroves under the stars
The mangroves of Lokobe Nature Reserve in northwest Madagascar under a clear starry sky.
Steph Johnson - Australia - Mangrove art in Shark Bay
Took this 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
Anil T Prabhakar - Indonesia - The Soul of Nature
Mangroves are expert carbon scrubbers,mangroves pack away carbon faster than terrestrial forests. Every year they hoard some 42 million tons, roughly equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of 25 million cars. So Mangrove Forest conservation is most important revolution has to happened for better purified atmosphere for all of us.
Omogoriola Hannah - Nigeria - Rhizophora mangle showing its pop roots
Rhizophora mangle has special root system that support erosion and flooding
Mario A. Cudiamat - Philippines - Woman in the Mangroves
Thesbe is a coastal dweller living near the mangroves. She also takes part in the conservation of mangroves in the community-managed forest through sharing her time as volunteer-science teacher.
Jose Costa Miranda Junior - Brazil - Snack Time
The photo was taken at the "Lagoa da Jansen" State Park, located at the city of São Luís (capital of the Maranhão Province). It's a urban area, but the mangrove and it's wildlife still persists. The image brings a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron with a a small crab in its beak.
Moises Rivera Rodriguez - Restauracion
La comunidad se sumo al trabajo de restauracion de un área de manglar con la elaboración de canales para restaura los flujos del agua.
Bonifacio de Jesus Moreira Soares - Timor-Leste - Fight for Existence
Mangrove is great resource that can protect the land from sea level, from sea wave which is sometime cruel end cause big problem on the land. Even start from plant one mangrove tree but it'll contribute to save the land and save the world.
David Tipling - Seychelles - New Shoots
lone Red Mangrove tree growing on edge of lagoon on St Francois atoll, Seychelles
Piyush Aggrawal - India - Untitled
The image was also shot at Sundarban. Concrete development of human is leading them to thier own destruction.
Jamila Janna - South Africa - Travelling Trio
Snails on trunk of a mangrove species in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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.
Vimalan Magandran - Malaysia - Lets Boating at Mangrove
The boat is parked in the waters of Mangrove Coastal Area as for mangrove conservation & fishing
Maya Greven - USA - Festive Flotsam
Propagules and invasive species mix on the shoreline. Indian River Lagoon. New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Alma Lorena Pérez Dorantes - Mexico - High View
The Mangroves are used as a shelter, the birds use it as a place to rest, protection, feeding, nesting. This fragata (Fregata Magnificens) is resting in a tree top Mangrove (Rhizophora Mangle). Laguna de Términos is a sanctuary of wildlife, also is one of the most important wetlands of Mesoamerica; is located in Campeche, México.
Mitzi Estefanía Gutiérrez Hernández - Mexico - Viaje a la felicidad
Entrar al manglar es como entrar a otra dimensión, donde reina la tranquilidad y se detiene el tiempo.
Hanjar Mulya - Indonesia - Trash Hero of the last Mangrove
look the few mangove in north java, Indonesia. mangroves have become natural fortresses from coastal floods that bring trash to the mainland. he tightly grasped garbage as a form of caring for humans
Bernus - France - Pink Mangrove Madinina
Really dry season conducted to pink algae propagation, rare event in this island in the Caribbean.
Arindam Bhattacharya - India - Prince of Sunderbans
Royal Bengal Tiger Cub at Sunderbans National Park, West Bengal India.
Komail Naqvi - Pakistan - The Current Disconnect
Karachi's mangroves, as beautiful as they are, are under existential crisis due to the nature vs industrial and economic conflict.
Lili Wei - China - Mangroves near the aquaculture ponds
In southeast China, the wastewater from aquaculture ponds released into the mangrove forest nearby directly.
Azim Musthag - Maldives - Keylakunu Mangrove Forest
The protected island of Kelakunu is one of the only places that Avicennia is found in the country. Massive Avicennia trees can be found growing amongst Brugeira cylindrica.
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.
Asfau Hassan - Maldives - Bondavaki cafe' view
A beautifully constructed nature friendly Bondavaki cafe’ overlooking the mangroves in Kendhikulhudhoo island of the Maldives. A very thoughtful Project to conserve and appreciate the wetland.
Melora - USA -Mangrove Bird
Bird
Abel Kiprono - Kenya - Mangrove Nursery Establishment
"Miko Pamoja" translated to mangroves together, is a community based organization, and one of the first blue carbon project in the world. Its mandate is conservation and restoration of degraded and lost mangrove sites in Gazi bay. In order to meet the requirement for the payment of carbon credits from the voluntary markets, Mikoko Pamoja group has to meet their annual requirement by planting 4,000 seedlings of mangrove in their designated reforestation site in Gazi bay. The image shows part of the Mikoko Pamoja team establishing a mangrove nursery to raise mangrove seedlings at Gazi bay in the year 2018.
Delphine L. Pereira - India - Sacrificed for space at Mumbai
Mangroves cleared to build huts at Dahisar mangrove park Mumbai
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.
Angus Greenhill - Australia - Brighton Park Tributary 2
Brighton Park, Hays Inlet, Queensland
Louise A. de Guzman - Philippines - The Actual Planting
This photo shows students and teachers from our school participating the actual mangrove planting project. Even it was our first time joining this kind of activity, this has been a great experience and opportunity for us to be a part of a mangrove conservation project in our province. Aside from us, this project was also joined by different government and private owned institutions.
Yus Rusila Noor - Indonesia - Mangrove is an incredibly rich ecosystem
Mangrove is among the rich planet's ecosystem, as they provide countles food supply for both migratory and resident species. This Whimbrel spending migration time in the rich mudflat in front of mangrove areas
Annadel F. Sapugay - Philippines - Say NO to plastics!
Single-use plastics are currently threatening the mangrove plants. Usually when plastics were swayed towards the mangrove area, it causes suffocation.
Zsuzsanna Bagotai - Malaysia - The Ultimate Carbon Sink
Location: Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve Date: January 2019
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
Horacio Mones - Brazil - Looking for clams
we take tourists to participate in the activities of fishermen
Willem Kolvoort - Seychelles - Black spot snappers in the shallow mangrove area
Black spot snappers hide under the branches and leaves of the mangroves. A young shoot grows from a mangrove kneeroot to the watersurface. Aldabra lagoon.
Hani - Bahrain - MangroveForests
Mangrove
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
Andrew McInnis - Micronesia - Sonneratia alba
Roots of Sonneratia alba. (Kosrae,FSM)
Surendran Chokkalingam - India - The Tiger King
Lucky to see and photograph the dominant male swimming across the island. We waited for 6 hours after he crossed the island thinking that he is going to come to sweet water pond. However he had other plans- He crossed the water stalked a fishing boat and killed a fisherman.
Amna Abu - UAE - Wildlife in Arabian Mangroves
Mangroves in the Arabian Region supports a variety of wildlife, such as this Egret! Shot in Abu Dhabi Emirate.
Ansumana Darboe - Gambia - Local people planting mangrove to revive Gambian communities (2)
Communities in rural Gambia planting mangrove propagules on degraded former mangrove forest that have suffered degradation and removal.
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
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.
Remmy Safari Shoka - Kenya - Students Fieldwork
Mangrove ecosystem offer educational services through research and field work and edutours. Students visit conservation centres to learn more on the ecology, key conservation and management aspects and have a practical experience in the field of mangrove conservation. Information generated from such activities is crucial in the conservation of the resource.
Yus Rusila Noor - Indonesia - Mangrove welcoming home endangered species
Milky Stork is an endangered bird with a total global population of about 1,500 individuals. They are breeding in mangrove habitat
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
Vipulkumar Parekh - India - Clutch of circumstances
Photograph was clicked from the Purna estuary, Gujarat. The Human intervention has ruined the mangrove ecosystem very brutally. In a situation few new propagules of ceriops tagal are united to gather but still under the "Clutch of circumstances" (Human interventions)
Yixlen Guzmán-Sánchez - Costa Rica - More plastic than pneumatophores
This mangrove swamp is particularly contaminated by solid waste, which comes from nearby towns, but also from more remote ones; in any case plastic pollution is a huge problem in coastal areas
Greta Finney - USA - Mangroves Under A Scribbled Sky
The mangroves under a perfectly reflected sky
Victor Hugo Luja Molina - Mexico - Once again being a Mother
Since 2015 we have monitored the jaguar (Panthera onca) population in the ADVC La Papalota, Nayarit, western Mexico. This female named "Janis" is a resident and has reproduced at least three times.
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.
Cheryl Doughty - Mexico - Mangroves at Arid Limits
Mangroves with salt marsh sandwiched between the ocean and desert in Baja California, Mexico.
Jose Tavares Bezerra Junior - Brazil - Family Meeting
Spotted the gathering of wonderful birds in the mangrove of Brazil
Rosalina Perdomo - Ecuador - Flamenco en islas Galápagos
En una de las islas Galápagos este flamenco aprovecha la cercanía del manglar para buscar comida.
Thadshajiny Kandasamy - Sri Lanka - Little sprouts
Eight-month progress update from our restoration efforts
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
Peyman Bordbar - Iran - Hope to see you nest time
Qeshm Island.
Jackie Mullen - Senegal - Mangroves and Oysters
Generating an income from oyster collection through the use of mangroves.
Rodríguez Amiama - Dominican Republic - Near the Frontier of Extinction
As moderm society develop we have to be more conscious of human impact on Nature
Planet Indonesia - Indonesia - Conserve at-risk mangrove ecosystem
Mangrove ecosystems provide a variety of provisioning, supporting and regulating services that are essentials for the overall ecosystem, biodiversity and human well-being. Particularly, mangrove forests sequester and store four times more carbon from the atmosphere than terrestrial ecosystems. Being among the most carbon-dense ecosystems on Earth, undisturbed mangrove forests can help us fight climate change. At Planet Indonesia, we work with coastal communities living adjacent to the mangrove forest of Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. By working with our partner communities, we promote sustainable fishery practices and restore degraded mangrove forests. © Planet Indonesia
Murray Cooper - Ecuador - Worlds tallest mangroves 1
Some of the worlds tallest mangroves in Cayapas-Mataje Reserve on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador
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
Frances Loke Wei - Singapore - Holding Fort
This scene was taken from Sungei Seletar mangroves, a site I had adopted in 2019 to conduct coastal cleanups and environmental education with the public. This tree reminds me that mangroves are resilient in the face and onslaught of urbanisation and development.
Emily Keen - USA - Mangroves from Above
From the tower overlook at Weedon Island, I enjoyed a beautiful morning's golden hour. This park is in a residential area and is an extremely popular place to fish, kayak, paddleboard, and enjoy nature.
Juhel laurent - France - Noé
Mangrove de la Taupinière en Martinique. Phénomène "Mangrove" Algue Dunaliella salina
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.
Steven Paton - Panama - Birds, birds, bird
Large flock of migratory Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) take off together in front of the mangroves located on the edge of Panama City
Frances Loke Wei - Singapore - Mystic Silence
Chek Jawa Wetland Reserve on Pulau Ubin
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.
Manuel Campos - Mexico - Manglares en Peligro
Un bosque de Rhizophora mangle L. se ve amenazado por la contaminación industrial.
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.
Karina Scavo Lord - Belize - Mangrove Epibionts
A diversity of marine species growing on red mangrove prop roots.
Ulrich Saint-Paul - Indonesia - Pollution
Wonorejo Mangrove Ecotourism, Java
Marcello Hernández-Blanco - Costa Rica - Learning the art of collecting mollusks in the mangroves
Young women are learning from older ones to make a living from the resources that mangroves provides, in this case food (mollusks called pianguas).
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
Shureen Faris Abdul Shukor - Philippines - A dip in Aloguinsan
A local was seen taking a swim in the pristine Bojo River in Aloguinsan, Cebu during a hot sunny day.
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.
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.
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.
Jonathan Yoo - Indonesia - Communities of Mangroves
Communities of Mangroves as homes for marine life that live in the water of the ocean.
Ma. Victoria Conde - Philippines - Manilay Bay- where mangroves are ruined
Around 600 mangrove trees were cut down in Bulacan, Philippines - the site for a big reclamation (airport) project in Manila Bay.
Indah Wahyuni - Indonesia - Scared
Tomorrow, whether mangroves in my habitat still exist
Mario A. Cudiamat - Philippines - A mother's story of mangroves with her grandson
Lola Marilyn (Lola is a Filipino term for grandmother) shares her laugh with her grandson, Butog, while she paddles along the mangrove forest. She has been gleaning mollusks for almost four decades and sharing her experiences with her grandson reflects her passionate feelings and gladness in the mangroves.
Dianne TippingWoods - Mozambique - A woman's strength
This is a photograph taken near Xai Xai in Mozambique where the women of Mahielene village gathered to plant mangrove seedlings.
Javier Herranz Casellas - USA - Cormorants with Miami in the background
The cormorants take advantage of any human construction near the water to rest and dry their feathers after each dive to find food, as in the remains of this old Key Biscaine pier that contrast with the Miami skyline in the background. Florida, USA.
Chelle Blais - Bahamas - Stillness
When I think of my time spent in mangroves, I think of calm. Silence. Stillness. Everything is settled. The peace provides an opportunity for reflection - not just in photographs like this, but personal reflection too.
Regina Kolzenburg - Tanzania - The fight against changing oceans
These mangrove trees were once part of a bigger forest reaching out in the ocean. Due to anthropogenic interference and mainly sea level rise, these trees are the last ones standing fighting the battle against climate and environmental changes.
Jane Mae Ibanez - Philippines - Mangrove Boardwalk
The outstanding boardwalks through mangrove forest.
Cheryl Doughty - USA - A Mangrove story in survival of the fittest
Clinging to cliffs in Puerto Rico, USA
Maria Janet q. Akip - Philippines - Attraction
Fruit bearing mangroves help attract wildlife to hatch and lay new species.
Leandro Cagiano - Brazil - Red Sky
At the sunset, guaras fly back looking for a resting area. Maranhão/Brazil
Matthew Harris - USA - Matlacha Mangroves At Sunrise
Taken along the west side of Matlacha, FL
Juan Felipe Blanco-Libreros - Colombia - Scars of the past
Steady coastal erosion in Punta Coquitos (Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia) during more than a decade has left evident marks, both above and below water. Note the dark areas underwater as the evidence of mangrove tree upgrafting.
Leah Glass - Madagascar - Life on stilts in the mangroves
A remote mangrove fishing village in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. With no arable land, mangrove and near-shore fishing is the primary source of food and income for all residents in this remote, strikingly beautiful coastal region.
Ngaio Bowthorpe - Madagascar - A mangrove tree stump
In Madagascar, coastal communities with few livelihood options can resort to cutting mangroves for charcoal © Louise Jasper, Blue Ventures
Haitao Tian - China - Cloud
taken in Tibet
Le Minh Tuan - Indonesia - Don't give up
Mangrove always alive and growing up although not good land and water
Luke Pounder - Trinidad & Tobago - Mother mangrove
A painting I did depicting the amazing views of Nariva Swamp overhead
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.
Karthiick Saravanan - India - Sunrise
Shot in canon.. in Winter Season.. So that you can see the redsun without Clouds
Madikéra - France - Reflet ou réalité - Rêve ou cauchemar
Em Martinique, île française des Caraïbes, en juin 2020, nous manquions drastiquement d'eau. Nous avons vécu notre plus forte sécheresse depuis plus de 70 ans. Du coup, certaines mangroves se sont en partie asséchées et des micro-algues roses ont proliféré... Une triste jolie teinte empêchant de voir le devenir en rose... Le Diamant - Taupinière
Brad Avakian - USA - Mangrove Queen
Taken at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
Heather A. Stewart - Panama - A New Beginning
The propagule of Rhizophora mangle is produced by vivipary on the parent tree. When it is ready, the propagule departs on its journey to find a new home. Floating in the ocean for days or even months, the propagule eventually embeds itself into the substrate below and sets down roots. Below the water’s surface, alternating leaves stretch towards the light and a future living in two worlds, one of water and the other air, the mangrove uniting both.
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.
Bernus - France - Pinky Mangroves Sargassum Reefs
Aerial view of pinky mangrove, different coloration due to dry season, sargassum and coral reef in the Caribbean.
Tanvi Gautama - India - The Rumoured Mangrove
The biggest threat to mangroves is our faulty disposable systems. Disposing off waste into our oceans not only leads to ocean pollution but also mangrove pollution; ultimately resulting in a loss of very rich biodiversities. I took this photograph while on my way back home from a walk. A fallen tree had barricaded the tiny entrance and I had to walk down a slope of garbage. While this section of the mangrove in Mumbai's Versova is often neglected, people still know about its existence; thanks to spooky rumours of dead bodies being found there.
