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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Matthew Potenski - USA - Mangrove & Bulldozer
I took this split shot of a sand spit being built across a shallow lagoon. By the next day the mangrove shoot pictured was buried under piles of fill. This development had no building permits and is indicative of how projects can move forward and do damage without any legal authority.
Luke Jeffrey - Australia - Casualty of Climate Change_1280
A casualty of the climate: A deceased mudcrab before our research team, trekking towards our Gulf of Carpentaria research site, where the largest ever reported mangrove mortality occurred in 2017. Over 1000 km of mangroves died, representing a enormous loss of canopy, cover, carbon and food for many coastal species.
Pia Parolin - Madagascar - Mangroves as playground
A group of children play in the open spaces in front of the mangroves in Madagascar
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.
Kottie Christie-Blick - Bangladesh - Fishing and Life Inextricably Tied Together
Fishing in the mangrove waterways of The Sundarbans provides a livelihood for many Bangladeshis.
Darryl Hernandez - Trinidad & Tobago - Natural Nursery
Nesting Cattle Egrets at the Nariva Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Dr. S. Bijoy Nandan - India - A tree's beauty lies in branches, but its strength lies in its roots
This picture of mangrove roots holding soil was captured from Sundarban Mangrove forest, West Bengal. Trees and local plants in the mangrove forest area play a significant role in reducing soil erosion and conservation of nutrient levels in the mangrove forest.
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.
Janet Mueni - Kenya - Illegal Logging as a Threat to Mangrove Ecosystems
Exploitation by illegal logging for fuel use in local chang'aa brewing as a way of earning livelihood. ~Taken during the Adopt a Site Program, led by Ceriops Environmental Organization and Big Ship CBO as the project institutions
Karlein Kwong - Australia - Mangroves at Dusk
The Mangrove Tree at Tenby Point
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.
José Jorge Ubico Koose - Guatemala - Restoring Mangroves
Restoring mangroves community based. This picture was taking during the implementation of the first project of restoration in this area where many people coastal marine communities participated. Here you can see an elder man who was in charge of planting the shoots of rizophora mangle with a lot of care and patience. We used two techniques to restore the burned and cutted area which where chinampas and Ridley.
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
Oladiran Areo - Nigeria - Mangrove Behind University of Lagos
The university of Lagos is blessed with nature, and conservation of the flora & fauna around the institution gives students first hand opportunity to study marine sciences.
Darcy - Belize - Birds of Belize
The beauty about Belize apart from its people is the diversity of birds you see on your early morning survey. Fun fact . We have more than 550 species of birds in Belize and sometimes you get to see them right in your backyard! Osprey are super cool by the way .
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.
Zaheer Iqbal - Bangladesh - Sundarban mangrove for Livelihood
Fishing boats entering into Sundarban mangrove.
Stephanie Sargis - USA - Labyrinth
While kayaking through the mangrove-cradled estuary, my partner and I spotted a juvenile little blue heron traipse along the prop roots of a mangled mesh of red mangroves in search of fish that were likely darting between the shadows stationed by the tangled buttresses above.
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.
Hanjar Mulya - Indonesia - A friendship, mangrove and Community
Friendship that is mutually beneficial. make us happy with this coastal sustainability
Eiko Jones - Grand Cayman - Mangrove Garden of Eden
Four-eyed Butterfly fish among sponge encrusted roots of mangroves in Grand Cayman Island. These sheltered areas provide foraging grounds and protection for all kinds of juvenile reef fish.
Dr. Samimul Islam - India - Pneumatophores
Pneumatophores are special type of mangrove feature. In mangrove plants, an aerial root specialized for gaseous exchange.
Dianne TippingWoods - Mozambique - Time to Grow
This is a photograph taken near Xai Xai in Mozambique where the women of Mahielene village gathered to plant mangrove seedlings.
Prateik Kulkarni - India - Peeping through the mangrove curtain
Water Rail is a skulking beauty found in the wetlands, mangroves and marshes. This rail is so elusive that I lied down in mud for a couple of hours and waited for the bird to come out off the mangroves. It was indeed amazing to observe it when the bird finally appeared in front of me. The bird was so watchful and I noticed that its every move was extremely cautious. But nice thing was it came out and finished feeding before the Sun set.
Carlos Victor Dourado Batista - Sri Lanka - Mangrove and inhabitant
Local people on the road which margins the mangrove forest
Mayang Sari Takdir - Indonesia - 'Fruit' Of Mangrove
Tambelo is one of the sources of protein available in mangrove forests, and is also one of the "fruits" of mangroves in addition to fish, crabs, and shrimp. no mangroves, no Tambelo
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.
Ansumana Darboe - Gambia - Local people planting mangrove to revive Gambian communities (3)
Communities in rural Gambia planting mangrove propagules on degraded former mangrove forest that have suffered degradation and removal.
Ivan Gabaldon - Mexico - Mangrove ecosystem in northern Yucatan Peninsula, #2
Aerial view of coastal mangrove ecosystem in northern Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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.
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.
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.
Francisco Galvis Cardenas - Australia - Galapagos Marine Iguana & Mangroves
Galapagos marine iguana surrounded by mangroves and black lava rocks. They are unique creatures in the Archipelago.
Fairus Mulia - Indonesia - Lutra lutra and mangrove
Lutra ultra finished drying and joking in the nursery ground of mangrove base camp area of the mangrove production natural forest, Kubu Raya district, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia
Angus Greenhill - Australia - Brighton Park Tributary
Tributary, Brighton Park, Queensland
Alfonso Ortiz Montes - Colombia - Magic Pier
Sessile invertebrate organisms associated with the bottom of a spring (pier). We can appreciate mollusks, sponges, polychaetes and ascidians, among others.
Neeshad Shafi - Qatar - Me, Mangroves and Our Future
Another wonder click from our conversation and awareness event.
Levis Sirikwa - Kenya - Adopt-A-Site Model (Mangrove Planting)
The very first stakeholder engagement of Adopt-A-Site model entails mangrove planting in an identical mangrove degraded site. The sites are named after the specific stakeholder who supported the mangrove planting.
Prateik Kulkarni - India - Royal walk in the Mangroves
If you see a tiger in Sundarbans then you are lucky! Yes this happened with me in November 2018 on a Sundarban Tour. First 3 days went without a tiger sighting and on the final day that too after spending entire morning in search of those stripes and orange body, finally when we were having our lunch suddenly we spotted fresh pugmarks on one of the mudbanks and we decided to follow them, and yes there he was! A tiger crossing one of the canals right in front of you...so close.. On top of that, he decides to keep crossing along with you for nice 1 and half hour...that was a sighting of my life!
Suma Balaram - Ecuador - Life in the Slow Lane
A Galápagos green sea turtle swimming through a cove protected by thick mangrove forests. Taken at Isabela Island, Galápagos (July, 2018)
Gustavo Castellanos - Colombia - Endemic (IUCN - Vulnerable) true mangrove species of (part) the Neotropics
The wettest mangroves of the world (Bahía Málaga, Colombian Pacific coast)
Kim Ingersoll - Belize - Rainbows End
A rainbow over a small mangrove island
Musa Gesimba - Kenya - Research in Mangroves (3)
Comprehensive research on mangrove polychaete worm biology in Mtwapa, Kenya, has enabled its culturing to enhance the survival of established plantations.Capture of these worms often leads to damage on recently seeded mangrove plots.
Krystyna Powell - USA - Automeris io Moth Caterpillar
Red mangroves are a common host plant for Automeris io moth caterpillars in South Florida. This photo was taken in Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Courtney Blankenship - Honduras - Protection
Native islanders use these ancestral mangrove tunnels as a means of protective transport and to give mangrove tours to tourists.
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.
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.
K Lynn McEver - USA - Red Mangrove, Indian River Intracoastal Waterway
Marine Discovery Center- Indian River Lagoon, learning boat tour.
Ibrahim Mbarouk Masoud - Tanzania - Mazizini - Zanzibar
this picture i took as we went to plant Mangrovesfor the Retired President of Zanzibar His Excellency Amani Abeid Karume
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.
Rodríguez Amiama - Dominican Republic - Sunset at Corbanitos Mangroves
Natural Wild life shelter, we can watch many bird species, some migratory, also Sharks, Sting rays in perfect Harmony
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.
Gaitrie Usha Satnarain - Suriname - Feeding Ground
Mangrove ecosystems serve as feeding ground for various species such as these birds.
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.
Jacqui Dreessens - Australia - Here for now
Lake Connewarre, Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia. Sourcing inspiration for a new choreography called Mangroves from the Water
Lucas Nunes da Lucas Silva - Brazil - Crab Tree
Crab making use of mangrove tree trunks as a shelter.
Peggy Pixley - USA - Pacific Reef Heron
A Pacific Reef Heron waiting around for fish, photographed where the mangrove fresh water meets salt water. Located at American Memorial Park, Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Alma Lorena Pérez Dorantes - Mexico - Surviving
A red Mangrovee seedling (Rhizophora Mangle), emerge to life, through natural germination and growing in this Mangrove area (Laguna de Términos). It means that Laguna de Términos has the necesary conditions to keep givin life to our planet earth by the Mangrove forest still threatened. Laguna de Términos is a protected flora and fauna area since 1994, and Ramsar site since 2004 (No. 1356).
Putri Selaras - Indonesia - Aneka ragam manfaat mangrove bagi masyarakat Bengkalis, Riau
Pada mulanya, mangrove ditanam hanya untuk menahan abrasi. Namun, saat ini mangrove memiliki berbagai manfaat bagi masyarakat sekitar. Akar mangrove memecah ombak, biji mangrove diolah menjadi makanan tradisional yaitu jenang, daun mangrove digunakan sebagai bungkus nasi lemak, batang mangrove digunakan sebagai pondasi rumah di wilayah pesisir, dan banyak manfaat lainnya
Jane Mae Ibanez - Philippines - Mangrove Boardwalk
The outstanding boardwalks through mangrove forest.
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.
Happy Kids Homeschool - USA - Happy Wetland Day
The kids celebrated the wetlands in January visiting the river Blasina in boat where they took photos and learned about mangroves and why the water had a red hue
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.
Aishath Shifa Shafeeg - Maldives - Where Mangrove meets the Ocean
There's so much more to explore and see in the Maldives than its white sandy beaches, crystal blue waters, lagoons and famous resorts. "Kulhi" (Mangrove) is one of those natural beauties found in Maldives which plays a huge role in protecting our beautiful
Chris Gordon - Ghana - Cardisoma armatum Crabs from the Volta Estuary
Close-up of crabs from white mangroves
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.
Eresha Fernando - Sri Lanka - A relict from the past
An ancient Hindu shrine stands erect on the smallest islet of the Maduganga Wetland system. Known locally as "Satha Paha Doowa", the name is suggested to come from the shrine's resemblance to the old 5 cent coin used across the mainland.
Kay Wells - USA - Sunrise Mangrove Trio
Mangroves at sunrise at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Florida
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.
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.
Juhel laurent - France - Dérive
Mangrove de la Taupinière en Martinique. Phénomène "Mangrove" Algue Dunaliella salina
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.
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.
Delphine L. Pereira - India - Unity in diversity
Dragon fly on Pneumatophore covered wiyh molluscan.
Amanda Galek - USA - Roots and smiles
Say Mang
Karthiick Saravanan - India - Sunrise
Shot in canon.. in Winter Season.. So that you can see the redsun without Clouds
Soham Bhattacharyya - India - The Phantom of the Mangroves
The Sundarbans, bordering Bangladesh and India, is one of the most dangerous places on the earth. It is a land where the Tiger rules. However, the Tigers within the world’s largest mangrove forest have turned their backs on their natural prey and started hunting people instead. So The Tiger is the biggest Mystery of Mangroves. on the oher side, local villagers consider the tigers as 'GOD' because, they protect the jungle from any human threat. Every Wildlife enthusiast wishes to visit Sundarban to find & see the 'Swamp God'atleast once in their lifetime. I was literally surprised, fascinated & considered myself so lucky that my imagination transformed into reality on my first visit to mangroves. It was a glimpse of a dream, indeed.
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.
John Alex - Ecuador - Voces del manglar
La marea golpea en los arboles, las hojas se estremecen con el viento, mas el cantar de las aves marinas forman un melodioso coro que al cerrar tus ojos seguro escucharas, son las voces del manglar.
Juan Carranza-Parra - Colombia - On my way by boat a mangrove
Mangrove in Tumaco (Colombia), few kilometers far away from the ocean
Norarsikin Ma'akim - Malaysia - Stay Healthy with our Nature
Kelanang Beach in Banting is very sloping and most of it is still overgrown with mangrove trees and forms a mangrove swamp forest area. This beach is not suitable for bathing purposes, but is more suitable for coastal fishing activities. However, the beach presents attractive scenery for photographic purposes at sunset
Fitta Setiajiati - Indonesia - Mangrove Ecosystem vs City Development_1280
This mangrove ecosystem is located in Pantai Indah Kapuk, Jakarta. The city development through the construction of big buildings and elite areas around the mangrove forest threatens the sustainability of the mangrove ecosystem. Two years ago, every afternoon many water birds come to forest, but now the number of birds has decreased dramatically because city pollution is getting higher.
Eugiene Ambaka - Kenya - The Onset Of Tidal Forest Life
The flowers of mangrove trees give life to the forest, through pollination new propagules are brought into being, on reaching maturity that eventual detach from the mature parent tree disperse off and grow adding to the forest cover, thus perpetuating life in the forest.
Mikhail Kapychka - Thailand - Green
Mangrove plants in the Gulf of Thailand against the background of night green lights of fishing boats. Thailand
Nurul Kamila - Indonesia - This is our mangrove, where is yours
With seeds as small as this, we can see the big future of the mangrove environment.
Chintan Gohil - Sri Lanka - Planting Mangroves
A MAN HOLDS A SAPLING BEFORE PLANTING ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SRI LANKA.
Dibash Deb - Bangladesh - Sundarbans & Sidr
The Sundarbans - the world’s largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest situated in the southwest of Bangladesh, plays a vital role in maintaining the environmental sustainability of the country and the world. Enormous & tremendous damage caused to the floristic diversity of the Sundarbans by the tropical cyclone Sidr on 15 November 2007. Tropical cyclones have devastating impacts on the floristic diversity pattern of tropical mangrove forests; sometimes it takes a significant amount of time for the forest to regenerate which influences the environmental sustainability of the area.
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.
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.
Manuel Campos - Mexico - La invasión de las bromelias
Una Comunidad de Tillandsia utriculata L. Creciendo sobre las raíces de un bosque de Rhizophora mangle.
Monish - India - Rainforests and Mangroves
Mangroves of India. Magical with snakes, turtles, great insect life and other wildlife lurking around.
Indonesia, Papua, Raja Ampat, Blue Water Mangroves. The lack of wave action combined with clear water allow corals to grow very near the surface in this unique environment.
Barkhadle Abdulkadir Hassan - Somalia - Student of Marine Science
Abaydhan beach, Near Mogadishu. Somalia
Ali Ilham - Maldives - Greenish Rhizophora mucronata
Its greenish ( Rhizophora mucronata)trees & beautiful calm water which contain fish, crabs & small creatures. its one of rare mangrove in N.kendhikulhudhoo consists of nice ecosystem.
André Souza - Brazil - Waiting for the food
The children of the community watch from the top of the tree, the fishermen returning from fishing.
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
Benjamín Castillo Elías - Mexico - Dead mangroves
Damaged mangrove area in Copala, Guerrero, Mexico
Berenice Alvarez Torres - Mexico - Beautiful experience!
Mangroves in Rio Lagartos, Yucatan
Subha Chakraborty - India - Stand Alone after Tsunami
This picture was taken from Mayabunder, Andaman, India. This depicts the intensity of the 2004 tsunami over the region, which forced to change the overall landscape in Mayabunder. The reason behind this condition is not done by tsunami weaves bus the upliftment of landmass and retreat of coastline occurred due to 2004 tsunami.
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas - Kenya - Anchored in mangroves
Worldwide, the livelihood of millions of coastal communities is anchored in mangroves for fisheries, wood and non-timber forest products, to name but a few ecosystem goods. Without showing any humans, this photograph pays tribute to all of them. Photograph taken at Gazi Bay.
Nurul Kamila - Indonesia - Introduce mangrove to children early
Introducing mangroves to children by inviting them directly.
Alvaro Herrero López-Beltrán - Indonesia - Sponges in the mangroove
Underwater photography of the sponges that inhabit the mangroves
Fredrick Mungai - Kenya - Conservation of mangrove ecosystem
Photos of El nino mangrove plantation taken at Gazi bay Kenya. The mangrove here died after the 1997/98 El nino. The community with support from Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute successfully restored the area.
Soham Bhattacharyya - India - The Majestic Swimmer in Action
On a mystic winter morning, we were in a boat safari at Sundarban Biosphere Reserve. At that time, the ambiance was so wondrous with golden lighting. All we wished was, for a majestic TIGER to come & make the environment truly magical. Probably, our Mother Nature had heard our keen prayers & blessed us with a memorable sighting of the 'PHANTOM' of the Mangroves. ❤️?❤️
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
Reza Arizqi - Indonesia - Traditional fishing boats
the rise of fishing without seeing the impact that occurs, and the resulting damage to the mangrove environment. These fishermen still see using traditional fishing gear that is environmentally friendly without polluting the environment.
Ma. Victoria Conde - Philippines - Manila Bay- where reclamation matters more than rehabilitation
Around 600 mangrove trees were cut down in Bulacan, Philippines - the site for a big reclamation (airport) project in Manila Bay.
Karina Scavo Lord - Belize - Mangrove Coral Assemblage
A diverse coral community growing on red mangrove prop roots.
Ahmad Nur Syahmi bin Zainal - Malaysia - Home Sweet Home
Fisherman village at Kuala Sepetang, Malaysia.
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.
Tugiman - Indonesia - Survive
mangrove trees, terrestrial growth and food chain
I Made Yunarta - Indonesia - Memanfaatkan Habitat Mangrove untuk Pangan
Hutan bakau atau mangrove memiliki manfaat yang banyak bagi masyrakat sekitarnya. karena meiliki kekayaan potensi pangan didalamnya. Seperti contoh foto yang saya ambil yaitu untuk mencari kerang yang terdapat pada habitat mangrove tidak hanya itu sebagai pencari ikan juga.
Hans Alois Schaeffer Niemann - Brazil - Lightshow
Image of mystery broken by sunrays
Ron Cranwell - Indonesia - The future
Mangroves seedlings
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.
Feeroz Mohammed Mostafa - Bangladesh - Curse of the Oil Painting
December 9th, 2014. On this day, an oil tank sank inside the Sundarbans causing a major oil spillage and resulted in what we see here. As the water got murkier, the reasons to protect the Sundarbans got clearer.
Mark D Spalding - USA - Safe haven
Tucked up close to a hotel beach, but not a single tourism was aware of this rich ecosystem hard by the sunloungers. But in amongst the trees myriad young fish and invertebrates were thriving and generating the critical, complex ecosystems which protect the coastlines, store the carbon, clean the water and export food and fish to nearshore waters.
Jidhu Jose - Qatar - Purple Island Mangroves
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.
Didier Binetruy - India - A peaceful moment
Longue exposure (30s) on the Mangroves of Neil Island during sunset. Andaman Islands, India
Sandeep Sasidharan - India - Golden eye
The golden eye of a Saltwater Crocodile; click from Sundarbans, India
Zulkifli Mangkau - Indonesia - The Story of Edi and Acil, the Mangrove Swordsman from Lambangan
Edi (36) is a resident of Lambangan village, Pagimana sub-district, Luwuk-Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi. His daily work as a fisherman, and all his activities related to the sea. In addition to being a fisherman, Edi is now actively involved in the mangrove conservation program in the Lambangan Village. Acil (2) the youngest child, he always follows wherever Eddie goes, from fishing in the sea to planting mangroves and monitoring him every day. Edi as a fisherman from Lambangan Village who also holds the control as chairman of the Sustainable Rescue Zone for the coastal area, including the maintenance and conservation of mangroves. Edi's involvement in maintaining mangrove sustainability is an effort to protect the mangrove ecosystem in Lambangan Village. Before Edi stepped down and was involved in preserving mangroves in Lambangan village, he was one of the villagers who often took mangroves without thinking about the impacts caused in the future. Edi takes whatever he wants for his daily needs; both used as a fence, wood for building houses or used as firewood for cooking needs. Besides Eddie, the Lambangan community also helped expand the behavior of taking mangroves as building material or used as a fence in front of the house. But over time, Edi began to recognize the mangrove empowerment program in coastal areas which became the main focus of the environmental NGO Advocacy for Natural Resource Management (Japesda) based in Gorontalo. Dominating mangroves in the village of Lambangan are Cheriops Tagal mangroves which are often taken by the community to be used in their board needs. Edi began to realize that the existence of mangroves is very valuable for fishermen, for example Edi illustrates, if sea water rises again then the fishermen no longer need to go to sea far from the shoreline, close enough in the mangrove area we can already get fish for consumption. Edi began to take out the behavior of collecting mangroves and until now Edi has consistently maintained his zone of rescue with his youngest son, Acil. Acil became a friend and colleague of Eddie in monitoring the growth rate of mangrove seedlings that he had planted with residents around, Thursday (4/7/2019). However, Edi's journey to become a mangrove activist did not go smoothly, he had encountered one problem The event began with a village priest who wanted to build a pond in the mangrove conservation area that he was guarding, but by agreement of the residents they refused the pond development initiative. Because it can damage the ecosystem around the mangrove, this attitude of refusal is because it has been stated in the Perdes (Village Regulation) that they have discussed and determined at the village government level regarding mangrove maintenance and its sustainability. With the presence of mangroves and continuing to maintain their existence, residents in the village of Lambangan believe and hope, the behavior of conservation of mangroves will have a positive impact for them going forward, and for their future generations. "The most important is the generation of Acil and our other children," said Edi.
Julio Magalhaes II - Brazil - Mangrove Houses
Ocupação desordenada destrói o mangue.
Greta Finney - USA - Mangroves Under A Scribbled Sky
The mangroves under a perfectly reflected sky
Easan Sathiyalingam - Malaysia - Ruddy Kingfisher
A Ruddy Kingfisher perched on a mangrove tree root waiting for its meal
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
Anthony Ochieng Onyango - Kenya - A Story of Action
A composition of young conservation volunteers from German, selecting seedlings to be planted at the Mid Greek Women Nursery. One of them is on deep thoughts to select the seedling that will survive and one is taking a step to planting a seedling he has selected (the composition of him taking a step)
A. Aldrie Amir - Malaysia - Strand and Suffocate
Plastic pollution or marine debris threatens mangroves by ways of creating unnecessary competition for seedling establishment, killing trees by scraping mangrove roots, promote pest infestation and feeding fish and marine faunas (and eventually humans) with microplastics. Stranded plastics literally suffocate mangroves!
Planet Indonesia - Indonesia - Sustainable crab fishing
Mud Crabs are one of many valuable marine species that live in mangrove ecosystems. While they enhance the quality of mangrove ecosystems, they are also a source of high-quality protein for humans and livelihood for local communities. However, over-exploitation of mud crabs can lead to the collapse of its population affecting both mangrove ecology and community livelihoods. To avoid such shocks, Planet Indonesia works with local fishermen living adjacent to Kubu Raya mangrove forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia to promote sustainable fishing practices. By integrating community-based services into natural resource management strategies, we create short-term benefits for local resource users. Our model drives the conservation of coastal mangroves and restores fisheries while improving human well-being. © Planet Indonesia
Feeroz Mohammed Mostafa - Bangladesh - Harmony
The river, inside of the Sundarbans, stretching into an infinite loop could be nature’s way of signalling that what goes around comes around; if we don’t protect them there will be a time when they won’t protect us.
Vimalan Magandran - Malaysia - Lets Boating at Mangrove
The boat is parked in the waters of Mangrove Coastal Area as for mangrove conservation & fishing
Harry Pieters - Indonesia - The Dancing Mangroves
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.
Zsuzsanna Bagotai - Malaysia - Enjoying the Moment
Location: Langkawi Date: October 2018
Chenee I. Salamanca - Philippines - Last MANgrove Standing
One doesn't mean weak. One means the start of a new beginning.
Catalin Chitu - Vietnam - Tra Su Mangrove Forest
Tra Su Mangrove Forest covers an area of approximately 850 hectares in An Giang province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. You can take speed boat and go trough a forest tunnel.
Azim Musthag - Maldives - Kendhikulhudhoo Mangroves from above
A strip of land separates the water from the sea and the brown waters of the mangroves. There are few openings which allow water to flow in and out into the mangrove as well as through the porous
Le Minh Tuan - Indonesia - Make senses
You can see it is growing up although salt water.
Arghyadeep Das - India - The King of Mangroves
This is the dominant male of the Indian part of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest. The mangrove tigers are excellent swimmers and can swim through fast waters through ease.
Dr. S. Bijoy Nandan - India - Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power
It's a photograph of two male fiddler crab showing maneuver each other using their big claw.
Shea Bell - Australia - Solitary Soldier
It was a unique opportunity to capture the Soldier Crab standing guard alone over its territory.
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.
Kazuyo Nagahama - Japan - Landscape of Mangroves in Japanese Island
It is Amami in South part of Japan, where is one pf last place, full of old mangroves since before WWII. We were most excited to go to inside of mangrove forest.
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.
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.
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
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)
Ansumana Darboe - Gambia - Local people planting mangrove to revive Gambian communities
Communities in rural Gambia planting mangrove propagules on degraded former mangrove forest that have suffered degradation and removal.
Rishi Goordial - Trinidad & Tobago - Scarlet Ibis Feeding
The Scarlet Ibis is the National bird of Trinidad and Tobago .Here they are captured actively feeding deep in the Oropouche Mangrove.
Muhammad Amdad Hossain - Bangladesh - A guava seller
The photo taken from a garden of Barisal city in bangladesh.
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
Roshni Lodhia - Kenya - Pate Island
An aerial view of mangroves on Pate Island, Kenya. Pate Marine Community Conservancy (PMCC) rangers on Pate Island, Kenya, are tasked to patrol the mangrove areas for illegal mangrove logging.
