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The Kharai breed of camel lives on a salt plain near the coast and need to eat mangrove to survive. But the mangroves are being cut down, threatening the camels and the pastoralist communities that depend on them for their livelihood.
Huts turned to island dwellings in fields swamped by water. Cyclone Bulbul's effects are apparent in coastal areas of Bangladesh and India. At least two dozen people have been killed. A toll that could have been higher, if not for mandatory evacuations.
After analyzing why the country's mangroves were being cut down, an NGO finally had the right battle tools: better ovens to smoke fish, more effective rice planting and a way to use solar power for salt production.
On this week's Eco Africa, we look at how Liberia is trying to tackle illegal fishing, visit a school in Uganda teaching much more than the classics and tour the endangered mangroves of Guinea.
Deforestation concerns linked to palm oil plantations have prompted the EU to ban the use of palm oil in biofuel by 2030 — but Malaysian farmers say that spells disaster for them. Communities in Kenya's coastal regions are planting mangroves to protect the environment and make a living by selling carbon credits. And a video game that's getting help to those in need.
About a third of the world's mangrove forests have been cut down in the past 40 years. That's dealt a huge blow to the environment, because mangroves are able to store up to five times more greenhouse gases than other trees. Communities in Kenya are now replanting mangroves. That's certainly good for the environment and it also helps them financially: They make money from selling carbon credits.
Mumbai has a natural defense mechanism against rising sea levels: mangrove forests. But the mangroves are under threat due to garbage and industrial effluent. If the mangroves die out it will impact marine life, fishermen – and even Mumbai's future.
The indigenous fishermen along Mumbai's coastline have recognized the need to protect the mangroves. They're removing garbage from the water and seeking to keep out poachers and tree hackers in order to restore this important ecosystem.
A lot of rivers in Mumbai are polluted. An indigenous fishing community found a simple but effective solution: freshwater pools for fish built with artificial barriers and existing mangrove trees.
In India, fishermen's wives are successfully challenging age-old traditions of patriarchy and gender stereotypes. Instead of waiting for their husbands to bring home fish, they've taken the oars into their own hands. They've become tourist guides and mangrove experts, earning their own living while helping to save the biodiversity of their environment.
On this week's Living Planet we'll meet the Indian fishermen's wives who flexed their muscles to start their own rowing-boat mangrove tours. We'll find out why short-lived clothing could soon be out of fashion, whether local currencies help the environment and what sounds insects make.
Famers in Veracruz have cleared large areas of mangroves in recent years that used to protect the coast. The region is now defenseless against storms. A traditional style of crop called a Chinampa could save it.
The Kharai camel of Gujarat can survive on both land and sea and is vital to the pastoral communities of the Kachchh. Now the mangroves the region's 10,000 camels need to survive are being cut down, threatening the livelihoods of the herders.
Climate change, industrial farming and rapid urbanization have ravaged Thailand's fragile coastline and the mangrove forests that protect it. The result: a quarter of Thailand's shores are eroding away, which threatens communities and landmarks.
After analyzing why the country's mangroves were being cut down, an NGO finally had the right battle tools and is showing locals energy efficient ways to use the sun's power for their salt production.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters swamped London demanding another referendum on EU membership amid political paralysis over Brexit, in one of the country's biggest protests in decades.
On this week's Eco India we celebrate Womens' Day and bring you stories about villagers who plant trees to honor and defend the value of girls' lives, a group of women organizing mangrove safaris and female role models from Germany and India.
Fisherwomen in India are quashing age-old traditions of patriarchy and rigid gender roles. They've become tourist guides and mangrove experts, earning their own money while also saving the biodiversity of their environment.
In Kenya, Ondiri swamp is a source of water for the people of Nairobi. In fact, the wetland is the country's only quaking bog — that's a kind of bog that you can actually stand on and it shakes underfoot. But the water that makes this happen is at risk of drying up, causing big problems.
Wetlands: swamps, bogs, and marshes are important worldwide as a source of fresh water and as a home to many insects and animals. However, many of them are under threat due to overuse and deforestation and some are cleared to make way for farming.
Shrimp farms are one reason for disappearing mangrove forests in Ecuador. Two thirds of them have already been destroyed. Some resourceful entrepreneurs there are trying to come up with a system that better protects the environment.
Oyster harvesting along the Gambia River is often a brutal process that destroys the mangrove. For the past decade a group has been showing how it can be done using old shells thereby saving the valuable plants.
A small harbor town in Iceland, Isafjordur is swamped with millions of tourists 4 months a year. They had 2.6 million tourists visit last year, and the number is going up 20 percent anually. The people there have mixed feelings, but tourism has replaced the once dominant fishing industry.
On this week's eco@africa, we meet a young Tanzanian innovator working to solve the country's energy problem with windmills, rescue food from the waste bin in Greece and follow those trying to save the mangroves which save Libreville.
