Mangroves in Mozambique: Green Infrastructure for Coastal Protection in an Era of Climate

Bruce Byers, Bruce Byers Consulting

Cruising through mangrove-lined channel opposite Angoche © Bruce Byers

After wading across the low tide mudflats at the Port of Angoche, and into knee-deep water to climb into the fiberglass boat, the big Yamaha outboard wouldn’t start.  While we bobbed lazily in the hot sun and I fretted about [...]

Building Mangrove Resilience

Community members, Fiji © Joanna Ellison

by Jonathan Cook, WWF-US

Community members, Fiji © Joanna Ellison

For the past six months, I have managed a WWF project, supported by the Global Environment Facility and United Nations Environment Program, that tries to address the significant adaptation challenges facing a fascinating but often neglected ecosystem: mangrove forests. Mangroves – the guardians of tropical [...]