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World Mangrove Day

26 July

Mangroves are in trouble.

Pied Oystercatcher in the Nyambaga mangroves, World Mangrove Day

Their decline is due to various factors deforestation for agriculture (palm plantations), aquaculture (prawns), urban development, increasingly powerful tropical cyclones and global warming.

Brown Honeyeater in the Nyambaga mangroves, World Mangrove Day,

 

Healthy Grey Mangrove seeds, Nyambaga, Gumbaynggirr Country
Sign on the mangrove boardwalk, Nyambaga
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