United Nations News Centre, September 29, 2014
▶ NEW UN REPORT WARNS OF ‘DEVASTATING’ EFFECTS FROM ONGOING DESTRUCTION OF MANGROVE FORESTS http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48931
United Nations Environmental Programme UNEP, March 16, 2015
▶ COUNTRIES TURN TO ECOSYSTEMS TO REDUCE RISK AMID CONCERNS OVER MORE DISASTERS http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=26788&ArticleID=34810&l=en
VIDEO
PlanetSave, February 05, 2015
THE TROUBLE WITH MANGROVES.
For instance, the development of Miami Beach, once a mangrove island off the coast of Florida, turned it into a fabulous coastal resort. We’re only beginning to find out that in the long run, indiscriminate decimation of coastal forests has a hand in shifting the very climate that created them. http://planetsave.com/2015/02/05/trouble-mangroves-video/
The Ecologist, April 12, 2012
▶ THE TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ‘RAINFOREST OF THE SEA’ – MANGROVES http://www.theecologist.org/reviews/books/1310050/let_them_eat_shrimp_the_tragic_disappearance_of_the_rainforests_of_the_sea.html
New Scientist, December 17, 2014
-▶ LIFESAVING MANGROVES: MANGROVE FOREST RE-PLANTED AS TSUNAMI SHIELD — BUT THEY DON’T EVOLVE OVERNIGHT http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22430005.200-mangrove-forest-planted-as-tsunami-shield.html
Reuters, December 11, 2014
▶ UN URGES PROTECTING MANGROVES CAN LOWER DISASTER RISKS http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-climatechange-mangrove-idUSKBN0JP0Z820141211
Scientific American, July 03, 2009
▶ ANIMALS OF THE DISAPPEARING MANGROVES http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/animals-of-the-mangroves/
SLIDESHOW
http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/animals-of-the-mangroves/
WATCH
"THE MIRACLE OF MANGROVES"
Mongabay, January 30, 2013
FEATURED VIDEO
http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0130-hance-mangroves-video.html
The National, December 22, 2014
▶ MIDDLE EAST : THE LUNGS OF ABU DHABI: A BILLION-DOLLAR ECOSYSTEM. Globally, mangroves are being cleared three to five times faster than terrestrial forests, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that the destruction costs $42bn in economic damages annually. http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/the-lungs-of-abu-dhabi-a-billion-dollar-ecosystem#full
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SUNDARBANS OIL SPILL CATASTROPHE
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VIDEO
The Independent, December 12, 2014
MAJOR OIL SPILL IN WORLD’S LARGEST MANGROVE FOREST THREATENS AREA’S RARE WILDLIFE : UNESCO WORLD-HERITAGE SITE http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/major-oil-spill-in-worlds-largest-mangrove-forest-threatens-areas-rare-wildlife-9921591.html
PDF REPORT July 15, 2002
Asian Development Bank and the Bangladesh government
“OIL-SPILL IMPACT ON MANGROVE FOREST SUNDARBANS"
http://www.nishorgo.org/tbltd/upload/pdf/0.74208900%201356510682_014%20-%20Oil%20Spill%20Impact.pdf
Dhaka Tribune, December 28, 2014
▶ STUDY: SUNDARBAN FOOD CHAIN BOKEN BY OIL SPILL
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/dec/28/study-sundarbans-food-chain-broken-oil-spill
Birdgirl, December 19, 2014
THE SUNDARBANS OIL SPILL PART 3: http://birdgirluk.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-sundarbans-oil-spill-part-3_24.html
Bangkok Post, December 19, 2014
▶ BANGLADESH DEVELOPMENT THREATENS FRAGILE SUNDARBANS MANGROVES http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/450922/bangladesh-development-threatens-fragile-sundarbans-mangroves
Dhaka Tribune, December 16, 2014
▶ CLEAN-UP EFFORTS AT SUNDARBANS VEER OFF COURSE
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/dec/16/clean-efforts-sundarbans-veer-course
ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) December 12, 2014
▶ OIL SPILL THREATENS RARE DOLPHINS IN BANGLADESH’S SUNDARBANS REGION, OFFICIALS WARN. Thousands of litres of oil spilled into the protected Sundarbans mangrove area, home to rare Irrawaddy and Ganges dolphins. Bangladeshi fishermen using sponges and sacks have begun cleaning up a huge oil spill in a protected area that is home to the world’s largest mangrove forest http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-12/catastrophic-oil-spill-in-bangladesh/5963450
VIDEO REPORT
France24 TV Web News, December 16, 2014
▶ OIL SPILL IN BANGLADESH’S SPARKS ONLINE CONTROVERSY A week after the collision between an oil tanker and a cargo vessel in the Sundarbans region in Bangladesh and the authorities are struggling to control the oil spill that is spreading to waterways across the world`s largest mangrove forest. The alarming situation has received widespread commentary online. http://www.france24.com/en/20141216-oil-spill-in-bangladesh-sparks-online-controversy/
Guardian Environment, January 29, 2013
-▶ TIGERS UNDER THREAT FROM RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING SUNDARBANS MANGROVE FOREST. A vast mangrove forest shared by India and Bangladesh that is home to possibly 500 Bengal tigers is being rapidly destroyed by erosion, rising sea levels and storm surges, according to a major study by researchers at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and others…. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/29/sunderbans-disappearing-mangrove-india-bangladesh
EXTENSIVE PANORAMIC SLIDE SHOW
SUNDARBAN THE MANGROVE FOREST
http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=15&with_photo_id=65450130&order=date_desc&user=4787
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Phys.Org, September 29, 2014
▶ TIME FOR WORLDWIDE FUND TO SAVE MANGROVES: UNEP – More than a quarter of the world’s mangroves have already been lost, and the current rate of destruction is more than triple that of land forests
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-worldwide-fund-mangroves-unep.html
Phys Org, April 25, 2014
▶ NATURE HAS THE ANSWERS: ANTIBIOTICS FROM MANGROVES http://phys.org/news/2014-04-antibiotics-mangroves.html
Paris, France (AFP) July 14, 2013 –
▶ HABITAT LOSS DOUBLES FLOOD IMPACT : STUDY
Removing mangroves, marshes, reefs, forests, dunes and other natural defences doubles the risk for life and property from coastal floods, a US climate study said on Sunday.... http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Habitat_loss_doubles_coastal_flood_impact_study_999.html
Mongabay,
▶ MANGROVES PROTECT COASTAL AREAS AGAINST STORM DAMAGE . Mangroves reduce wave height by as much as 66 percent over 100 meters of forest providing a vital buffer against the impacts of storms, tsunamis, and hurricanes, according to a new report published by The Nature Conservancy and Wetlands International… http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0907-mangroves-wave-protection.html
Mongabay, November 27, 2013
▶ MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS BEING OBLITERATED IN MYANMAR http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1126-myanmar-mangroves.html
UNESCO, February 22, 2012
-▶ MARINE SCIENTIST ALARMED ABOUT INCREASING THREAT TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS. In the last 30 years, coastal resources such as mangroves, coral reefs and fishery resources have become depleted on a large scale. For example, more than 60 per cent of Asia’s mangroves have already been converted to aquaculture farms (ESCAP and ADB, 2000). The region is losing its resource bases to support people’s livelihoods and sustain future economic development. http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/marine-scientists-alarmed-about-increasing-threats-to-ocean-ecosystems/
VIDEO
THE BEAUTY OF MANGROVE FORESTS (2:00)
A Very Short Film About the beauty and Importance of Manrove ForestsThe Beauty of Mangrove http://vimeo.com/57894590
National Georaphic, October 2012
▶ AMAZING MESOAMERICAN REEF = MANGROVES ARE CRUCIAL NURSERIES http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/mesoamerican-reef/brower-text
The Ecologist, February 17, 2013
▶ SHRIMP: OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH SHRIMP HAS FUELED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ‘RAINFORESTS OF THE SEA’ – MANGROVES http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1248977/shrimp_luxury_food_with_a_hidden_environmental_price_tag.html
The Ecologist, February 17, 2012
▶ SHRIMP: LUXURY FOOD WITH A HIDDEN ENVIRONMENT PRICE TAG http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1248977/shrimp_luxury_food_with_a_hidden_environmental_price_tag.html
World Environment News, November 15, 2012
▶ MANGROVES UNDER THREAT FROM SHRIMP FARMS – U.N. http://planetark.org/wen/67139
WATCH
QuestScience
WETLANDS TIME MACHINE
More than 100,000 acres of wetlands are being restored in the Bay Area, but how exactly do we know what to restore them to? QUEST discovers how historical ecologists are recreating San Francisco Bay wetlands that existed decades ago. http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/wetlands-time-machine/
March 13, 2012 Terra Daily
-▶ 15-YEAR STUDY: WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING WETLANDS, MOTHER NATURE IS IN CHARGE http://www.terradaily.com/reports/15_year_study_When_it_comes_to_creating_wetlands_Mother_Nature_is_in_charge_999.html
IPS News, October 22, 2013
▶ CUBA’S MANGROVES PROTECT COAST LINES: DYING OF THIRST: DAMMING UP THEIR LIFE SOURCE – RIVERS http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/10/cubas-mangroves-dying-of-thirst/
Mongabay, December 30, 2013
▶ CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVES FLORIDA MANGROVES NORTHWARD http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1230-florida-mangrove-expansion.html?n3ws1ttr
Deep Green Resistance News Service
-▶ REPORT FINDS HALF OF EARTH’S WETLANDS DESTROYED SINCE 1900 http://dgrnewsservice.org/2012/10/18/report-finds-half-of-earths-wetlands-destroyed-since-1900/
Mongabay
▶ AGRICULTURE IS A PRIMARY CAUSE OF MANGROVE DESTRUCTION http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1031-mangroves.html
VIDEO
Mangrove Restoration Project
COMMUNITY BASED ECOLOGICAL MANGROVE RESTORATION
http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/cbemr/
ScienceNetwork, June 22, 2014
▶ MANGROVES PROVE FAVORED HANGOUT FOR YOUNG RAY: PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ESSENTIAL
“Many species of sharks and rays are known to use shallow bays as grounds where they give birth and their pups can grow,” she says.
“Because of the world-wide fishing impacts on rays, and the fact that they can aggregate in large numbers in a very vulnerable stage of their life, identifying such areas is quite important for their protection and management.” http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/fisheries-a-water/item/2890-mangroves-prove-favoured-hangout-for-young-rays/2890-mangroves-prove-favoured-hangout-for-young-rays
Global Issues, May 14, 2014
▶ MANGROVES COULD BE SAVIOR OF GUYANA’S SHRINKING COASTLINE http://www.globalissues.org/news/2014/05/14/18673
Phys Org, April 25, 2014
▶ NATURE HAS THE ANSWERS: ANTIBIOTICS FROM MANGROVES http://phys.org/news/2014-04-antibiotics-mangroves.html
MANGROVE FOREST
Smithsonian
http://ocean.si.edu/mangroves
Nation of Change, April 13, 2014
▶ RESTORING COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS CREATES MORE JOBS THAN OFFSHORE OIL DEVELOPMENT http://www.nationofchange.org/restoring-coastal-ecosystems-creates-more-jobs-offshore-oil-development-1397399330
— WATCH —
EDGE OF THE EVERGLADES – THE BIG CYPRUS SWAMP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDHbzQPJcA
Phys.Org, February 12, 2012
-▶ DEFORESTATION THREATEN BRAZIL’S WETLAND SANCTUARY http://phys.org/news/2012-02-deforestation-threatens-brazil-wetland-sanctuary.html
▶ WETLANDS VITAL IN SUPPORTING HUMAN LIFE AND BIODIVERSITY http://sco.lt/6Gprk1
▶ WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL http://www.wetlands.org/
Wetlands Database, Swamp Forests, Mangroves, Peatlands
LOVELY VIDEO
AWHAR:
RESTORING THE MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES IN IRAQ
Full Episode
THE FRESHWATER PROJECT —
IMPORTANT FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
Care2, July 10, 2014
-▶ THIS NEW MEKONG RIVER DAM IS A DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE LAST 85 IRRAWADDY DOLPHINS http://www.care2.com/causes/this-new-dam-is-a-death-sentence-for-the-last-85-irrawaddy-dolphins.html
-▶ DAMS, ECOCIDE AND WATER RIGHTS -▶
BIG MONEY DRIVES EXTINCTION
Indigenous Communities, EcoSystems, Forests Devastated
▶ SHELL OIL WRECKS NIGERIA’S OGONILAND WITH OIL SPILLS… AND GETS AWAY WITH IT…WHO RESTORES ENVIRONMENT? http://sco.lt/4vZqvB
▶ THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICAL-BASED INDUSTRIAL FARM FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/6B2dTV
▶ WEB-OF-LIFE UNRAVELING – HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM VITAL FOR ALL PLANETARY LIFE http://sco.lt/7Obz0L
▶ THE END OF CORAL REEFS? AROUND FOR 10 MILLION YEARS, WIPED OUT IN 100 http://sco.lt/7y1XHt
▶ OUR OCEANS ARE DYING: MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/7dy5iL
July 21, 2013 New York Times
▶ OUR COMING FOOD CRISIS AND THE FOLLY OF BIG CORPORATE AGRICULTURE – SOIL, WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/opinion/our-coming-food-crisis.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
-▶ STATE OF THE WORLD’S BIRDS REPORT INDICATES A PLANET IN PERIL http://sco.lt/4yq6z3
The Nature Conservancy, November 7, 2012
▶ THE NEXT FOUR YEARS: INVEST IN NATURE FOR A STRONGER AMERICA http://blog.nature.org/conservancy/2012/11/07/the-next-four-years-invest-in-nature-for-a-stronger-america/
Source: www.terradaily.com
