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  • Chief of Natural Sciences, Bangkok office, Unesco
Artist’s conception of what a structure to support floating mangroves would look like. Aptum Architecture/CEMEX

Ocean forests: how ‘floating’ mangroves could provide a broad range of ecological and social benefits

Benno Boer, Unesco; Andrew Dansie, UNSW ; Lavina Sequera, Unesco; Martin Zimmer, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT); Oleg Shipin, Asian Institute of Technology, and Véronique Helfer, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)

Mangrove forests are shrinking due to human activities, yet they’re essential for shoreline protection and carbon sequestration. Ongoing research explores the concept of “floating” mangrove forests.

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