Minister for Fisheries and Forestry and Acting Minister for Agriculture and Waterways, Alitia Bainivalu, visited Burelevu ...

The Maori Queen will be representing the Kingitanga royal family at the ceremony and will be accorded a traditional welcome ...

Two amazing acts from this year’s iconic Byron Bay Bluesfest will perform on the Central Coast on Saturday, July 26, with ...

Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) is located on the southern coast of Java Island which potentially vulnerable to tsunami disaster. Based on data from BNPB (N ational Agency for Disaster ...

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.

Mumbai– Two decades after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have reaffirmed the role of mangroves as natural coastal ...

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.

At present, Nagapattinam has 1,700 hectares of the mangrove plantation and 1,200 hectares of mangrove reserve forest in Thalaignayiru. Mayiladuthurai district, which was carved out of erstwhile ...

Moreover, the impacts of Aceh’s tsunami in 2004 were less severe in mangrove-covered areas. A survey team has found that mangroves, measuring 50–70 meters in thickness, protected homes in Kabona Besar ...

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.

After the 2004 tsunami, mangroves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are still changing. A mass mortality of mangroves was followed by a slower die-off over the decades. While mangroves can adapt well ...