Indonesia is ranked among the world’s top dozen contributors to climate change – but a new study shows that protecting the country’s mangroves could slash its greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mangroves, hectare for hectare, store more carbon than any other forests. But they are also among the most threatened. New projects in Indonesia show how mangroves might be restored.
Our Tropical Future: A new report on the State of the Tropics has revealed rapid changes in human and environmental health in the Earth’s tropical regions. This is the final in a four-part series about…
Following typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines’ Department for Environment and Natural Resources has earmarked around US$8m to fund efforts to replant much of the affected coastal zone with mangrove forests…
One hundred grams of farmed prawns can have a carbon footprint equivalent to burning 90 liters of gasoline, and 10 times…
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Research Associate, Institute of Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University
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AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience & Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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