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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Omar Zuber - Tanzania - Are you aware about mangrove forests deforestation
Identified deforest area at Kasera coastal village/Tanga Municipality
André Souza - Brazil - The human being turning his back on the neglected mangrove
In peripheral communities, misinformation causes human beings to ignore the importance of mangroves.
Barkhadle Abdulkadir Hassan - Somalia - Student of Marine Science
Abaydhan beach, Near Mogadishu. Somalia
Luke Pounder - Trinidad & Tobago - Mother mangrove
A painting I did depicting the amazing views of Nariva Swamp overhead
Elena Duduk - Thailand - Roots vs Leaves
Showing the canopy of the leaves, the arches of the roots, and the depth of the forest.
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.
Chris Walker - Australia - Toondah Harbour Mangroves
Mangroves in the Moreton Bay Ramsar site next to Toondah Harbour which are threatened by plans for dredging, reclamation and construction of 3,600 apartments.
Vimalan Magandran - Malaysia - Lets Boating at Mangrove
The boat is parked in the waters of Mangrove Coastal Area as for mangrove conservation & fishing
Sandeep Sasidharan - India - Golden eye
The golden eye of a Saltwater Crocodile; click from Sundarbans, India
Tugiman - Indonesia - Illegal Logging Same as Terrorist Confusion
Illegal logging is the same as terrorist confusion and deserves death sentence
Yara Schaeffer-Novelli - Guatemala - Mangroves always resilient
Field work at West Guatemala mangroves
Frances Camille Rivera - Philippines - Fishing near mangrove forest
The local fisherman is laying his net to get fish for his family to eat. Mangroves provide food security for these locals to survive on a daily basis.
Unsika Peduli Mangrove - Indonesia - Mangrove with the blue sky
Mangrove conservation photos taken from a central point featuring mature mangroves combined with a blue sky. Before the mangrove plants are planted directly before spacing in another plants, first it seedbed is done. The purpose of the seedbed is to the mangrove seeds can grow optimally. The combination of green and blue color shows a beautiful photo. This photo is focused on the mangroves themselves which give a peaceful impression.
Tanvi Gautama - India - The Protective Layers
Mangroves protect the coastal areas from heavy rains, floods, tsunamis, storms and provide a home to many, many organisms. The reason I chose this photograph of the floating Pied Avocets is because of its three layers it highlights in the composition. The birds in the ocean, the mangroves behind and the buildings further behind. While the mangroves are protecting the city from foreseeable calamities, it’s also keeping the city away and being a home to various birds and animals.
Dwaipayan Chaudhuri - India - The canines and Incisors
An yawning tigress showing her canines and Incisors while sitting lazily on the mud banks of the SUNDERBAN mangroves
Farzaneh Bordbar - Malaysia - Vulnerabel
Cayratia trifolia, Mangrove associated flora.
Margot Mesnard - French Caledonia - Linear or circular
A pedestrian walkway in French Guyana popular city of Remire-Monjoly to allow residents to access to the beach, to exercise, and to safely discover the unique mangrove ecosystem.
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.
Sawlihim Bakar - Malaysia - A Tree's a Tree
This tree is visible at low tide, but sinks at high tide
Pallavi Laveti - India - A Fishing Cat with a taste for snake
This is a Habitat shot of a Fishing Cat in the thick of Mangroves exhibiting a behaviour that is less known. The fishing cat, contrary to what its name indicates also feeds on other mangrove fauna. Fishing cats eat more than just fish. Their diet includes eels, rodents and even reptiles like the dog-faced water snake, as is seen in the picture here. This cat had literally fished out the snake that was trapped in a fishing net along the banks of the mangroves and this image was clicked as it looked back coyly with its easy meal.
Bhavesh Ishwarlal Thakkar - India - Flamingo
Wetland favorite place for flamingos, huge flock of flamingos travel here every winter and provide opportunity for some great pictures
Neeshad Shafi - Qatar - Me, Mangroves and Our Future
Another wonder click from our conversation and awareness event.
Zaheer Iqbal - Bangladesh - Sundarban mangrove Biodiversity
Nypa fruiticans palms along the canal of Sundarban.
Ganesh Kathiresan - Malaysia - The fiddler
At low tide, as the water retreats off the mangrove coast, a whole new world of wildlife emerges. Blue fiddler crabs are a common sight in the mangroves on the coast of Borneo. The way their eyes are attached to their body gives them an almost alien looking appearance. Males have a large single claw that they use to attract females and for combat. Fighting breaks out frequently between males and if any crab loses its claw it grows back on the opposite side.
Yus Rusila Noor - Indonesia - Mangrove is childhood's playing ground
Children are using healthy mangrove as their playing ground. Their memorable childhood attachment to the healthy mangrove might lead to their engagement on mangrove conservation and restoration initiative
Dhritiman Mukherjee - India - Honey collectors of Sundarbans
For generations poor fishermen and villagers of Sundarbans (both india bangladesh), the largest mangrove forests in the world, have been collecting wild honey from from the mangrove forest during April to June every year. They say the best honey come from the flower of the mangrove species called Aegiceras corniculatum
Mangrove tree planting at Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India
Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Rhizophora mangrove trees, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India
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.
Dhananjay Rawool - India - Man & mangrove interaction
We all know mangroves helps various animals for food and shelter, humans are not an exception for that or we can say humans learnt to use mangroves for their benefits. Above picture depicts use of mangroves as parking station for small boats.
Ganesh Kathiresan - India - The heron
Shot this photo in the extensive mangroves in Mumbai. The mangroves act as a much needed green lung for the city but they could be cared for a bit better though – many times I have seen waste including plastic bags and other items from Mumbai that ends up in the mangroves. Nonetheless the mangroves are teeming with wildlife including both resident and migratory birds. Grey herons are a common sight. You can clearly see that while flying herons prefer to retract their neck but while standing they hold their head up high.
Ibrahim Mbarouk Masoud - Tanzania - Kiombamvua-Zanzibar
This picture i took when i went for a walk in Mangrove reserve in a Kiombamvua
Hani - Bahrain - Mangrove Roots
Mangrove
Amrito Chakraborty - India - Jungle Cat in mangrove
There are several types of cat population coexist in Sundarban Mangrove forest. Such as fishing cat, leopard cat etc, Jungle cat is one of them. Though, a common cat species in mangrove, although not at all easy to spot them. Jungle cat is also known as Reed cat or Swamp cat in India.
Japhet Kaadzo Tembo - Kenya - Mangrove for ecotourism
People having a walk through a Mangrove boardwalk set within Mangroves forest along Mtwapa creek, Kenya to promote sustainable use of Mangrove through ecotourism while supporting livelihoods through non-extractive use Mangrove ecosystem
Faraaz Abdool - Trinidad & Tobago - Silent Suffering
Listed as Near Threatened, the Bicolored Conebill is rapidly losing its favored habitat of coastal mangroves. This species often falls victim to the brood parasitism of the Shiny Cowbird, compounding its woes. Males and females are sexually dimorphic, pictured here is a male on white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa).
Michel Strogoff - Madagascar - Mangrove by-catch
Humpback dolphin caught as by-catch by mangrove fishers in northwest Madagascar
Arien Jean Lopez - Philippines - Mangrove Gladiator at Ease
A simple minute ecosystem scenario from the mangrove forest rehabilitation at Balasinon, Sulop, Davao del Sur, a part of the Philippine National Aquasilviculture Program. Here, we can see a fiddler crab (Uca vocans) resting on the pneumatophores of Avicennia sp. Fiddler crabs burrows enhance decomposition rate of organic matter and nutrient cycling in the mangrove ecosystem as the homely handiwork of these modest creatures explicitly increase oxygen dispersion in anoxic mangrove sediment and promote iron reduction and nitrification process. It may just be seen as a forthright relationship between the habitat and the inhabitants but as we appreciate more these significant ecosystem interactions, we are starting to perceive on how we reform our mother earth.
Srikanth Mannepuri - India - Left or right, towards what should we progress?
Conversion of mangrove forests in to Commercial aquaculture ponds is the biggest threat to mangroves. Especially in this Godavari and Krishna river delta region, after harvesting the shrimp or fish, aqua farmers releasing chemicals containing water in to natural mangrove creeks, which in turn effects the local ecosystem and species dwell in these waters. Since last decade, mangroves are facing various threats like turning these unique into aquaculture ponds, housing facilities and fuel goods. These unsustainable activities by some people are severely effecting mangroves and threatened species depend on it like Fishing Cats, Smooth Coated Otters, Birds, Turtles, Sharks and Rays etc.,Mangrove absorb more carbon dioxide than other tropical forests. Conserving and restoring mangroves is essential to fighting Climate change. the warming of the global climate fueled by increased carbon emissions, that is already having disastrous effects on communities worldwide.
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......
Muhammad Amdad Hossain - Bangladesh - It's Photo Time
The photo taken from a beach of Chittagong city in bangladesh.
Jidhu Jose - Qatar - Purple Island Mangroves (1)
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.
Jamila Janna - South Africa - Reunion at High Tide
Several snails on trunk of a mangrove species in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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.
Putri Selaras - Indonesia - Mangrove sebagai objek penelitian
Mangrove menjadi bagian penting bagi sebuah pulau. Mangrove harus dijaga dan dibudidayakan untuk mencegah abrasi pantai yang semakin mengikis pulau, terutama pulau bengkalis.
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
Gautam Kumar Das - India - Tidal Inlet
Criss cross meandering pattern of a tidal Inlet at Jharkhali area of the Sunderbans
Courtney Blankenship - Honduras - Bridge The Gap
The village of Oakridge in Roatan, Honduras is built amongst the mangroves. This bridge connects neighbors with the mainland, bypassing the need for further mangrove distruction.
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.
Aishath Shifa Shafeeg - Cambodia - Cambodian woman doing laundry
The boat ride through the floating village allows you to see the great ecosystem that provides for the community in everyway. It gives you a glimpse of the traditional way of life in the real rural area of Cambodia.
Carlos Victor Dourado Batista - Sri Lanka - Mangrove patch restoration
Mangrove patch restoration in Kalptiya
Lucas Nunes da Lucas Silva - Brazil - Crab Tree
Crab making use of mangrove tree trunks as a shelter.
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
Matthew Albanus - Malaysia - King of the Mangrove
A white collared kingfisher perched majestically on a mangrove tree branch at the Kota Kinabalu Wetlands Centre.
Kevin Foster - Trinidad & Tobago - Take Off
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.
Anita Kainrath - Bahamas - Smile
A juvenile lemon shark is swimming straight towards the camera.
Ron Cranwell - Indonesia - Harbor or forest
Small bay on the northwest coast of Bali. One lone mangrove tree survives among the fishing boats. This whole bay use to be mangroves. We are replanted them with the support of the fisherman.
Francisco Galvis Cardenas - Australia - Peaceful & Natural View
Tortuga Bay Mangroves show the beauty and endemism of the The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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.
Derrick Muyodi - Kenya - Propagule Hunting
A member of the community group hunting for propagules for planting in degraded areas of Tudor Creek Mombasa.
Jiwe chilodi Ibrahim - Kenya - Mangrove restoration
Community members potting mangroves for future restoration project
Chenee I. Salamanca - Philippines - Last MANgrove Standing
One doesn't mean weak. One means the start of a new beginning.
Ali Ilham - Maldives - Mangrove crab
Its a mangrove crab lying under root of (Rhizophora mucronata )tree. mangrove crabs are very common in Maldives
John Thorogood - Australia - Reflection
Waiting patiently amongst the exposed roots of a sub-tropical mangrove community, this burrowing shore crab catches the last of the afternoon sun.
Frances Camille Rivera - Philippines - Pass it on_1280
Teaching the young generation about mangrove ecology and mangrove planting during our mangrove restoration activities. Educating the young increases the protection of these forests for the next generation.
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.
Jorge Moisés Herrera R. - Panama - Alimentos en el Manglar
Una Garceta Nívea (Egretta thula) al igual que muchas otras especies de garzas utilizan los manglares para buscar su alimento, aquí en la Reserva Natural Punta Patiño en la provincia de Darién.
Paolo Cerri - Indonesia - Sacred mangroves
Monkeys are ruling the mangroves and temples within the sacred monkey sacred sanctuary Conservation in Ubud. Outside the conservation a city teeming with life and traffic is stopping at the entrance of the sanctuary
Kay Wells - USA - Sunrise Mangrove Trio
Mangroves at sunrise at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Florida
Samson Obiene - Kenya - Mangrove aesthetics
A beatiful mangrove creeks of Gazi Bay, Kenya, ideal for snorkeling, bird watching and recreational swimming (photo consented).
Delphine L. Pereira - India - Sacrificed for space at Mumbai
Mangroves cleared to build huts at Dahisar mangrove park Mumbai
Manuel Campos - Mexico - Manglares en Peligro
Un bosque de Rhizophora mangle L. se ve amenazado por la contaminación industrial.
Tridip Das - India - Cheetal Deer in Mangrove
Spotted Deer or cheetal deer in the wilderness of Mangrove forest in Bhaitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary.
Victor Fidelis Sentosa - Indonesia - The Prince of Borneo
Two females and young proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) are crossing Muara Bulan River in Katingan District, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) is an endemic of Kalimantan and inhabit mangrove area to find food. The species is under threat due to land clearing and poaching by humans.
Kim Ingersoll - Belize - A tour of the mangroves
A day touring the mangrove trails
Luke Pounder - Trinidad & Tobago - Nariva @Sunset
The beauty of Nariva Swamp
Poh Poh Wong - Indonesia - Reef, mangrove, beach - ideal protection
Combination of nearshore coral reefs, well established mangroves and sandy beach provides an ideal protection to the coastal communities. Always best to preserve mangroves.
Jillian Morris - Bahamas - Mangrove Nursery
Juvenile lemon sharks use the mangroves of Bimini, Bahamas as a nursery area. They spend the first 5-7 years of their life in this protected ecosystem.
Derrick Muyodi - Kenya - Mangrove Seedlings Transport
A group of community members of Ganahola, Tudor Creek in Mombasa Kenya participate in large scale restoration of the degraded tudor creek in an effort to restore the creek. These young men have volunteered to run restoration projects as a team by potting seedlings and transporting them by boat to planting sites since the mud substrate is too thick to navigate by walking through.
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
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.
Dwaipayan Chaudhuri - India - The crab hunters
The crab hunters in the narrow lanes of the mangroves unaware of the dangers behind them.
Ebuka Nwobi - Nigeria - Overexploitation
Harvesting of mangrove wood resources in the Niger Delta with little supervision or plan for silviculture.
Maria Janet q. Akip - Philippines - Threat of Life
Due to throwing of rubbish or garbage into the body of water. Reduces the ability of mangroves to grow healthier.
Mangrove tree planting at Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India
Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Rhizophora mangrove trees, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India
Jacob J Bukoski - Thailand - Where is my DBH?
Not going to lie, this tree was a pain.
Lili Wei - China - Mangroves near the aquaculture ponds
In southeast China, the wastewater from aquaculture ponds released into the mangrove forest nearby directly.
Ricci Shryock - Guinea-Bissau - Environmental Balance in the Bijagos - 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, Teresa Jaoquim, 39, wades through mud during low tide to look for oysters.
Mariam Ali Fadhil - Kenya - Nursery establishment by local community
The local community are engaged in the activity of nursery establishment under the help and guidance of the Ceriop research organisation and Big Ship Community Based Organisation. The nurseries were raised with the objectives of; demonstrating mangrove nursery techniques to the local community and storage of propagules to replace lost saplings in the afforestation plots.
Diana Cisneros - Mexico - Scrub mangrove in Sian Ka'an
These mangroves are adults of only 50cm of high
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
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
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.
Kottie Christie-Blick - Bangladesh - Fishing and Life Inextricably Tied Together
Fishing in the mangrove waterways of The Sundarbans provides a livelihood for many Bangladeshis.
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.
Lydia Meester (Wetlands International) - Senegal - Oyster Farming in Saloum
The local community installs an oyster farming unit, which is an alternative livelihood that can ease pressure on mangrove ecosystems.
Jason Taylor - El Salvador - Roots
A young boy from the mangroves near the estuary or the Lower Lempa in El Salvador. He was one of many children who spent their days playing and gathering food from this rich ecosystem, an ecosystem under threat by a variety of foreign industries who continue to exploit many of the natural resources. His activity has led to the intrusion of saline water into these sweet water mangroves and a steady destruction of these forests along the coast line.
Ian Lockwood - Bangladesh - Pneumatophores, Sundaban_1280
Pneumatophores in the Bangladesh Sundarban. These aerial roots are a key feature of the mangrove ecosystem in a physical environment defined by changing tides, saline water and waterlogged soil.
Busolo Bonface - Kenya - Mangrove for eco-tourism
Mangroves ecosystems has been a fundamental source of aesthetic value. communities has benefited from ecosystem services provided by the forest. The photo shows a constructed boardwalk to help in accessing mangrove ecosystem services. This is livelihood alternative that support conservation.
Arindam Bhattacharya - India - Prince of Sunderbans
Royal Bengal Tiger Cub at Sunderbans National Park, West Bengal India.
Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS - Australia - Too small to rule
Before they are large enough to rule the swamps these baby crocodiles in the Daintree National Park seek refuge among the mangrove roots and try to pick up the sun rays shining through the canopy.
Remmy Safari Shoka - Kenya - Bee Keeping
Mangrove ecosystem supports human well-being through provision of alternative sources of livelihoods. Bee keeping has taken a central part in the conservation of the mangroves through the huge potential in mangrove honey production. This in turn reflects on the well-being of the community bee keepers from mangrove honey sales. Thus, their significance in poverty alleviation have received a lot of attention in its conservation.
Charlotte Sams - Bahamas - Newborn lemon shark in mangroves
A newborn lemon shark darts through the mangroves. A sanctuary for young sharks like this; pregnant lemon sharks will return to their own place of birth to then birth their own pups before leaving them immediately to fend for themselves in the shelter of the mangroves. Bimini, Bahamas.
Maria Janet q. Akip - Philippines - Attraction
Fruit bearing mangroves help attract wildlife to hatch and lay new species.
Paddleforfuture - India - Paddle and mangroves
Every day morning we paddle into our own protected mangroves creeks to monitor forest to save from otter poachers and locals who want to destroy for fuel
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.
Alondra Carolina Alonso Roblero - Mexico - The open a new world
This photo was taken in Ventanilla, Oaxaca. on a boat tour around the area, where the inhabitants help with its restoration.
Sandra McCullough - Australia - Measuring mangrove biomass in the Daintree
A volunteer is shown how to measure a mangrove tree in an established tree plot, by tidal wetland ecologist and co-founder of MangroveWatch, Jock Mackenzie. Data collected will be used to calculate forest biomass, and compared against previous years' data to demonstrate forest biomass changes over time. Volunteers participate as part of a research and monitoring citizen science expedition organised by Earthwatch Australia. Research outcomes will contribute to improved management and conservation of the Daintree mangroves.
Carlos Victor Dourado Batista - Sri Lanka - Lagoon margin Vs. Mangroves
Mangroves on the margin of Rekawa Lagoon
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.
Brad Avakian - USA - Mangrove Island Love
Taken at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
Shen Yan Liow - Singapore - 'Kings' of fishers
The magnificent Stork-billed Kingfisher is absolutely one of my favourites and is the largest kingfisher species found in Singapore growing up to 37cm from bill to tail. One morning this Stork-bill was making an unusual prolonged cackle drawing my attention to the abandoned fishing hook hanging over his branch. Fishing is not permitted in this part of the mangrove forest but discarded fishing gears are often found.
Peyman Bordbar - Iran - Hope to see you nest time
Qeshm Island.
Victor Fidelis Sentosa - Indonesia - The Last Mangrove Standing
When the last tree is cut, When the last river is emptied, When the last fish is caught, Only then will Man realize that he can not eat money.
Carlos Eduardo Gomez - Dominican Republic - Mangroves - Social Place
In the lagoon of Oviedo, several royal terns and laughing gulls that I observed, gathering in a small key, where a red magle grew, was like their place to socialize and rest. mangroves offer a place to be for countless shorebirds.
Danilo Jefferson Romero - Brazil - Sky above mangrove
A natural clearing of Rhizophora mangrove forest in Pará State, Brazil
Souvick Mukherjee - India - A Giant's Portrait
A big giant salt water croc mostly 10-12ft long but this one is really giant and it's head is hardly fulfilled my frame.
Manrico Masagca - Philippines - Top of the Mangrove
In the wilds of the sea, a lady on top of Sonneratia alba a mangrove species.
Jess Masham - Australia - Labelled Grey
Label for Grey Mangroves at Cairns Botanical Gardens Mangrove boardwalk & educational walk.
Sawlihim Bakar - Malaysia - An Evening at Pantai Kelanang
A strong and tall mangrove tree alive at Pantai Kelanang
Eswar Narayana - India - Molluscs as the indicator of Healthy Mangrove ecosystem
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary is a heaven for some of the Threatened species like Fishing Cat, Smooth-coated Otters, Jackals and many other species. Molluscs are also found i0n the Mangroves which have an important ecological role in maintaining the health of the Mangroves.Cerithidea obtusa is a mollusc belong to the family Potamididae resides on the mud flats and in between the Mangroves. It is also called as mud creeper. It crawls on to the Mangroves trunks up to 5-6 ft during the high tides.
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.
Sankara Vel. V - India - Love on Mangrove
Love on first sight with mangroves was happened when I went for Field vist at Pichavaram Mangrove Forest during my PG. Now, I'm pursuing PhD research work on Mangroe ecosystem.
Marisol Estrada - Mexico - Where did the flamin-go!
In north-west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, flamingos are native species to the mangroves in the area. In this photo, two flamingoes are catching up with the flock, aware of dangers around, they rush to join the group.
Alan Watson Featherstone - India - Catch of the day
Tamil fishermen with a fish, a flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus), they have caught amongst mangroves (Rhizophora mucronata) in the Pichavaram mangroves that have been successfully restored in Tamil Nadu, India, during the last 20 years.
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.
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.
Gautam Kumar Das - Bangladesh - River Flood Plain
Epsilon Cross Stratification at the River Flood Plain near Kalagachia Forests Station, Bangladesh
Levis Sirikwa - Kenya - Adopt-A-Site Model (Mangrove Planting) (2)
Adopt-A-Site model employs sustainability when it comes to mangrove conservation with the emphasis on growing the planted trees. The stakeholder who supported the planting automatically supports mangrove monitoring for at least 18 months since planting. The model dictates that the price tag of mangrove seedlings is constant and it supports mangrove restoration from planting up to the 18th month of that mangrove tree.The end result is high survival rate and considerable growth performance of the planted mangroves.
Annadel F. Sapugay - Philippines - Pagdaong (Fisherman's day after fishing)
Fisherman's day after going out to the water to fish. The small empty space between the mangroves served as a way going to boat's docking area. Pagdaong means docking in English.
Heritiana Alexis Randrianiaina - Madagascar - Mangrove Spider
A mangrove spider captured in the mangrove forests, southwest Madagascar.
Jacob J Bukoski - Thailand - Let's Go
Birds on the canal.
Ahmad Nur Syahmi bin Zainal - Malaysia - Home Sweet Home
Fisherman village at Kuala Sepetang, Malaysia.
John Thorogood - Australia - Foraging
A bar-tailed godwit foraging amongst the pneumatophores of an Avicennia marina woodland, Maroochydore River estuary. May 2020 - days prior to commencing its northerly migration
Nurkalida - Indonesia - Human Possibility
Here are the human footprints that step on the mangrove
Anita Kainrath - Bahamas - Lemon pups
Juvenile lemon sharks in a mangrove forest.
Santhosh Krishnamoorthy - India - Royal-walk-down-tiger-sundarbans-India
On a safari into the Sundarbans of India, my guide had spotted a tiger walking along the mudflat, a few meters inside the thick outgrowth of the mangrove forest.We went to the far edge of the island and waited, hoping for the tiger to emerge out. After a long wait, he finally came out, walking out with a Royal elan, stepping so carefully and gracefully on the mudflats, scattered with the poking-out mangrove roots. It was a breathtaking sight indeed.
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.
Anne Wnajiru - Kenya - Mangrove degredation through sedimentation
Sedimentation is a major problem leading to degradation of mangrove forests in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Even though this is a natural threat, this problem has also been attributed to upstream activities such as damming of the river that is supplying water to mangroves leading to its reduction in water flow
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.
Ian Hendy - Indonesia - Sombano Mangrove
I took this image when studying the structure and function of this incredible mangrove in The Wakatobi Marine Park, SE Sulawesi
Sherwin Gozon - Australia - Alone from the rest
This is mangrove is separated with the rest of the others by 20 metres and it was a lovely morning when I took the shot.
Catalin Chitu - Vietnam - Rung Sac Guerilla Base in Can Gio Biosphere Reserve (3)
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.
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.
Gustavo Castellanos - Colombia - The wettest mangroves of the world (Bahía Málaga, Colombian Pacific coast)
his area has 8 m of annual rainfall. Mangroves grow to heights of 45 m and seem to live happy under these conditions.
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.
Agatha Nafula Odari - Kenya - Women Actions in Mangroves Conservation (1)
A determined member of the Ganahola women group transporting seedlings to planting site.
Dwaipayan Chaudhuri - India - Pneumatophores
The oxygen suppliers and binders of soil mass in the mangroves of Bhitarkanika, odisha,India.
Rachel M DiPietro - USA - That Doesn't Belong Here!
Can you imagine mangroves growing in the middle of a cypress dome?! That's exactly what I found on a backcountry hike near Pa-Hay-Okee in Everglades National Park. As sea levels rise, mangroves are advancing further inland with the saltwater, and now even mature trees are being found integrated into cypress domes and hardwood hammocks much farther north than usual. This photo gives testament not only to the resiliency of mangroves and the challenge they face in adapting quickly to the rising tides, but also the threat the mangroves signal to freshwater ecosystems with a low tolerance for salinity. With the Everglades already on life support, mangroves could become the majority habitat for an area projected to be mostly underwater in a matter of decades.
Akhmad Solihin - Indonesia - Last Clearing
land clearing into settlements is a major threat
Subha Chakraborty - India - Nature
self Resilience
