#ClimateCrisis #MangroveForests #Bangladesh #India #gender #TheSundarbans

The Sundarbans, which stretches across the southern reaches of Bangladesh and India, is widely celebrated as the planet’s largest mangrove forest and a refuge for endangered species. Yet beneath its ecological riches lies increasing instability that threatens residents and biodiversity.

Accelerating sea level rise, at almost double the global average, coupled with salinity and recurrent cyclones, have transformed once-fertile farms into wastelands, upending local economies and exposing millions to entrenched vulnerability. For communities dependent on rice farming and fishing, the effects are severe: crops fail, fish and crab stocks decline, and mounting debts drive families into distress. With livelihoods collapsing, many men migrate to distant cities for work, leaving women to run households, care for children and elders, and sustain community life. This shift increases women’s burden and exposes families, especially children, to poverty and instability. At the same time, it has also given rise to new forms of agency and collective action among the women left behind. 

https://www.visionofhumanity.org/climate-change-and-social-strain-threaten-the-peace-in-the-sundarbans/

A #Seychelles Shoreline Resists the Rising Seas https://eos.org/articles/a-seychelles-shoreline-resists-the-rising-seas

"#Mangroves on the atoll were harvested until it became a protected site in the 1970s. Since then, the shoreline of one of the atoll’s islands, Picard, has accreted up to 161m as flourishing #MangroveForests trap and retain sediment... #Aldabra’s resilience to #SeaLevelRise is likely linked to its high protection status"

The Importance of #Mangroves

#Florida mangroves provide protection from #storms, nurseries for #wildlife and recreation for people.

May 04, 2020 | Last updated April 05, 2023

Threats to #MangroveForests

"Unfortunately, there are many challenges that place mangrove forests under threat. Human impact such as #dredging, #filling, #WaterPollution from #herbicides and #development can lead to mangrove erosion and #HabitatDestruction. When mangrove forests are cleared and destroyed, they release massive amounts of #CarbonDioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to #ClimateChange."

Read more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/florida/stories-in-florida/why-mangroves-important/

#Hurricanes #HumanDevelopment #Florida #Overdevelopment #ProtectTheWetlands #ProtectMangroveForests

'The vanishing #mangroves of #ElSalvador: ‘All our efforts may only slow the destruction’

In #BarraDeSantiago, local people are struggling to save one of the few remaining #MangroveForests, as they are lost to agriculture and urban sprawl'
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/sep/05/mangroves-el-salvador-forests
#Environment #Sustainabilitu

Anatomical study of the #mudskipper reveals their adaptations to walking on land https://phys.org/news/2024-07-anatomical-mudskipper-reveals.html

Anatomical insights into #fish terrestrial locomotion: A study of barred mudskipper fins based on μCT 3D reconstructions https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.14071

"#Okinawa's #MangroveForests host a diverse ecosystem teeming with life. Among the quirkier residents living there is the barred mudskipper... They are fish, but they can walk and live partly on land"