One of the largest mangrove forestation efforts in the world is in Pakistan. It takes place in the Indus River Delta, an area nearly the size of Rhode Island. Mangroves are a powerhouse of absorbing ...

If any single event was a watershed for conservation of the world's mangrove forests, it was the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. The day after Christmas that year, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake thundered ...

KETI BANDAR, Pakistan — Wildlife ranger Mohammad Jamali boats through mangrove forests of the Indus River Delta, the terminus of a curly waterway that begins thousands of miles upstream in the ...

59 year old Torika Lewaca, is one of the many fisher women here in Tavualevu village, in Tavua, on the north western side of Fiji’s Viti Levu Island, that depend on mangroves within their traditional ...

MANGROVES, along with tidal marshes and seagrasses, are increasingly recognized as vital "blue carbon" ecosystems. In tropical and subtropical coastlines, they are among the most productive natural ...

Sitting in various corners and countertops in Sanibel homes, 140 young red mangroves soak up sunshine, waiting to be planted. Volunteers caring for the plants learned about the important role ...

An initiative to revive the Indus River hopes to save this major waterway from overuse and pollution. Some 240 million people are riding on the... Pakistan is planting lots of mangroves — but it's ...