Mangroves

This gallery features photographs of mangroves, the tidal forests that occur on tropical coastlines, and some of the wildlife occurring in them.

Buttresses of nato mangroves (Mora megistosperma)

Stilt roots of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle)

Spurred or yellow mangroves (Ceriops tagal)

Stilt roots of mangroves (Rhizophora racemosa) at low tide

Piñuelo mangroves (Pelliciera rhizophorae)

CO02138 Snails on pinuelo mangr ove (Pelliciera rhizophorae)

Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), female in mangrove tree

Mangroves (Kandelia obovata) at low tide at the mouth of the Kurjo River, Yakushima Island copy

Mangrove with 'knee' pneumatophores (Bruguiera sexangula)

Sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sanctus) on mangrove (Rhizophora sp.)

Stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa)

Giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)

Pneumatophores of mangroves (Sonneratia caseolaris) with stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa) behind, at low tide, Phang-Nga Bay, Ao Phang-Nga National Park, Phang-Nga Province, Thailand.

Crab on the trunk of a white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa)

mangrove propagule hypocotyl japan yakushima

Marine iguana; Amblyrhynchus cristatus; mangrove; Rhizophora mangle; Galápagos Islands; Ecuador

Mangroves; Rhizophora stylosa; uplifted coral; East New Britain; Papua New Guinea

mangrove; stilt roots; restoration: India

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3 Aug

This suggestion makes a lot of sense. The huge growth in SUV sales has overwhelmed the reduction in emissions due to the sale of fully electric cars. "In the UK last year more than 150,000 new cars sold were too large to fit in a standard parking space." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/03/ban-suv-adverts-to-meet-uk-climate-goals-report-urges

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30 Jul

Another unique ecosystem being destroyed by fire due to increasing cattle ranching. Like the Amazon, the cerrado (Brazil's savanna) and the Pantanal it's paying the price of the unsustainable growth in meat eating. We need to shift to a plant-based diet. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/30/argentina-delta-fires-rage-out-of-control-parana-river

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29 Jul

Doing a bit of digging into wild boar in Scotland: population unknown, but prob in low 100s. Came across figures for Europe from 2005: France & Germany a million each, Spain and Italy, 600,000. Densely packed Belgium, 21,000. Yet back in Scot, treated like an invasive plague.

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