Where have all the mangroves gone?
Tropical mangrove forests keep carbon out of our atmosphere. But up to a third have disappeared in the last 40 years. Where have they gone?
Along almost every tropical coastline you can find the tangled roots of mangrove trees, a natural barrier against extreme weather. They are also one of the most powerful weapons we have for fighting climate change. Mangrove forests are six times better at capturing carbon than tropical forests. But in the last 40 years up to a third of mangrove forests worldwide have disappeared.
Joining presenters Kate Razzell and Qasa Alom to discuss where our mangroves have gone are:
Leah Glass, Technical Advisor for Blue Carbon at Blue Ventures
Andre Aquino Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist, World Bank, Indonesia
Producer: Dearbhail Starr
Researchers: Immy Rhodes and Louise Parry
Reporter: Fyneface Dumnamene
Series producer: Alex Lewis
Sound Mix: Tom Brignell
Production Co-ordinators: Siobhan Reed and Helena Warwick-Cross
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
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- Mon 4 Jul 2022 01:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
- Mon 4 Jul 2022 08:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
- Mon 4 Jul 2022 12:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
- Mon 4 Jul 2022 19:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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