mangroves

Coastal women in East Africa are adapting to changing ocean conditions by building new livelihoods through conservation-based businesses like restaurant construction, mangrove restoration, and coral reef protection. These efforts aim to address climate change, overfishing, and declining ocean health while creating sustainable income sources.

Kenya's community conservationists are restoring carbon-rich mangroves, with Zulfa Hassan inspiring women to rehabilitate damaged ecosystems, which helps restore marine life and secure livelihoods.

Farmers and environmentalists are opposing a proposal for hydrocarbon wells off the Parangipettai coast, warning that it will threaten mangroves, destroy coastal natural resources, and harm fishermen's livelihoods.

Rising sea levels may drown mangroves, causing them to die and release stored carbon. This could transform coastal ecosystems from carbon sinks into carbon sources as their carbon-rich soils erode.