Mangroves Shielded Communities Against Tsunami Date: October 28, 2005 Source: World Wildlife Fund Summary: A new study released today in the journal Science shows that areas buffered by coastal ...

Mangrove forests protected areas from 2004 tsunami says new study. WWF news release. November 18, 2005. Editor’s summary: A study released in late October shows that areas buffered by coastal ...

Life-saving mangroves THE worst tsunami on record hit South-East Asia on 26 December 10 years ago, killing more than 227,000 people in total. I recently toured villages on the west coast of Aceh ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami highlighted the life-saving benefits of mangrove forests along coastlines, leading some Asia nations to look at replanting trees lost in the tsunami and earlier to fish farms.

Mangroves forests are coastal ecosystems typically serve as homes for fish, crustaceans, sponges, and other sea creatures. With complex, intertwined root systems, they also prevent coastal erosion ...

There is growing evidence that mangroves can reduce the impact of tsunamis by lowering the destructive energy of water flowing inland. This was the case notably during the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 ...

The tsunami also impacted mangroves along the coast of the Islands. While initial reports recorded a 60%-70% loss of mangrove cover, detailed studies reported a 97% loss.

“Mangroves are nature’s own disaster manager. Just 13 seconds to understand how it protects us from Tsunami, Cyclones & storms,” he wrote and posted the video.

Researchers have said that if the myriad natural barriers along the India’s coastline, including mangroves, did not exist, destruction by tsunami and coastal floods could have been more.

IPOH: To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the tsunami tragedy at the Changkat Keruing forest in Manjung, a non-governmental organisation planted about 700 mangrove trees.

The tsunami waves uprooted seagrass beds and destroyed mangrove trees, leading to a loss of habitat and a decline in the populations that depend on these ecosystems.