Sundarbans mangrove forest occupies a very large area in the Bay of Bengal region, shared by India and Bangladesh. You can find these in the delta region of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna.

KOCHI, India — Burrowed between mangroves and a bustling skyline, 70-year-old Rajan, who only uses one name, reminisces about his old home. For nearly 60 years, Rajan has lived comfortably among ...

The Indian government earlier released the “India State of Forest Report 2021,” which said the total mangrove cover in the country is 4,992 square kilometers (1,927 square miles), and an ...

Under the scheme, mangroves will be planted along India’s coasts and on salt pan ... gas from both the ground and the air with their aerial roots. Recognising the importance of mangroves ...

The aerial root ... wade in the mangrove slush after parking their boat in one of the creeks. Over the past year, they have been planting steel rods across mangroves in India – from the Andaman ...

the Stanley Center for Peace and Security and the Press Trust of India. Murukesan said he has planted over 100,000 mangroves. He plants saplings on alternate days and does most of the work himself.

A new report on the state of the mangrove ecosystems warns that the ones in south India are under high risk of collapse due to pollution, deforestation and developmental activities at the coast.

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 4, 2025 shows a view of the Zhangjiangkou National Mangrove Nature Reserve in Yunxiao County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Located in the estuary of the ...

At the 27th session of the COP, Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) was launched in partnership with India, to meet the goal towards carbon sinking by restoring mangrove plantations. The UAE and ...

the Stanley Center for Peace and Security and the Press Trust of India. Murukesan said he has planted over 100,000 mangroves. He plants saplings on alternate days and does most of the work himself.

T. M. Akanitth, grandson of T. P. Murukesan, holds a mangrove sapling grown at their home nursery on Vypin Island, in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Murukesan said he has planted ...