Mangrove Photography Awards 2021

Rahmat, walking among hundreds of years old mangrove trees on the coast of Lhok Me beach in Aceh Province of Indonesia. With the help of metal detectors and sand shovels on his both hands, Rahmat tries to detect the scattered tourists's valuables.

Pusong Island is one of the islands in Aceh Province, Indonesia whose the existence is threatened by the impact of climate change in the form of rising sea levels. With an area of about 6 hectares and inhabited by 8,000 people, the area of Pusong Island has been reduced to 20 hectares in the last 20 years due to sea abrasion of the Malacca Strait which is adjacent to this island. Vegetation around the island in the form of damaged mangrove forests also weakened the Pusong Island defense.

Lhok Me beach in Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province of Indonesia, is one of the oldest coastal areas where mangrove ecosystems are hundreds of years old. When the water is tide, trees will covered by water, but when the water is low, the mangrove roots will appear on the ground. Local people call the mangrove tree as 'Geurumbang' tree.

Temporary shelter for fishermen on the coast of Borneo

The first mangrove tree planted by this toddler

A toddler being taught to plant mangroves by a national park staff

This is a member of the mangrove ecotourism guide in Bahoi village, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Mangrove forest that has only been cut for a few months to be used as shrimp ponds

A woman was researching mangroves that are quite high

Living on the edge

Amazing beautiful beach photography

Mangrove near the coast of Ceará

Photo of the Jatapu River with Rainbow in Brazil

This red mangrove, despite the environmental conditions, has developed very well with a lot of foliage and aerial roots

Green herons are commonly habitants in mangrove forests where they have food and shelter

Mangroves in arid regions of NW Mexico are like oasis, with high productivity that positively influences marine and terrestrial organisms

Mangroves have a great capacity of adaptation and resistance, buttonwood mangrove water requierements are supplied by sea breeze

Microbes are of the utmost importance for organic matter degradation and nutrients recycling, which allow the great productivity of mangroves

The diversity of marine species in the Galapagos mangroves

Many seabirds use mangroves as resting and breeding grounds in several islands in Galapagos

Mangrove branches that give the impression of floating and moving

Reptiles in mangroves

Brittle stars raising their arms to catch food

A couple of penguins feeding in the mangrove lagoon at Isabela Island Galapagos

Mangrove tree on the coast of Santa Cruz Island Galapagos, Ecuador

In La Plata, Colombia, Afro-descendant "Piangueras" lead vital conservation efforts for the "Pianguas" mollusks. Adhering to a strict project, they preserve mangrove productivity, discover two distinct species, and promote sustainable collection. Despite threats from outsiders, they work diligently, collecting 2 kg of Pianguas daily. Serving as environmental ambassadors, they inspire future generations to protect their natural heritage, showcasing the power of local communities.

In La Plata, Colombia, Afro-descendant "Piangueras" lead vital conservation efforts for the "Pianguas" mollusks. Adhering to a strict project, they preserve mangrove productivity, discover two distinct species, and promote sustainable collection. Despite threats from outsiders, they work diligently, collecting 2 kg of Pianguas daily. Serving as environmental ambassadors, they inspire future generations to protect their natural heritage, showcasing the power of local communities.

In La Plata, Colombia, Afro-descendant "Piangueras" lead vital conservation efforts for the "Pianguas" mollusks. Adhering to a strict project, they preserve mangrove productivity, discover two distinct species, and promote sustainable collection. Despite threats from outsiders, they work diligently, collecting 2 kg of Pianguas daily. Serving as environmental ambassadors, they inspire future generations to protect their natural heritage, showcasing the power of local communities.

In La Plata, Colombia, Afro-descendant "Piangueras" lead vital conservation efforts for the "Pianguas" mollusks. Adhering to a strict project, they preserve mangrove productivity, discover two distinct species, and promote sustainable collection. Despite threats from outsiders, they work diligently, collecting 2 kg of Pianguas daily. Serving as environmental ambassadors, they inspire future generations to protect their natural heritage, showcasing the power of local communities.

Local community provide information and service for tourists to get more knowledge about mangrove

There's some unique location in Indonesia as a home for Bekantan

The King Fisher's hunt and subsequent feast were captured on an integrated Mangrove-Shrimp Farm system in Mui Ca Mau National Park, Vietnam. The King Fisher nose-dived from a mangrove branch into the water and resurfaced with its prey in the beak. Seated on a branch next to the water pond the King Fisher rapidly twisted its head to hit the shrimp at the branch over and over again. While doing so, it repositioned the prey several times in its beak, which is illustrated in the image.

The image “Mangroves on the sinking boat” was captured in the Mui Ca Mau National Park, Vietnam. The mangroves growing next to the sunken boat are a metaphor for the declining growth conditions and the observed depletion of mangroves worldwide. Human-induced stress like pollution and sea level rise affects coastal wetlands like mangrove ecosystems. The pollution of mangroves with trash and the risk posed by sea level rise threatens the survival of mangroves.

A lone mangrove sapling struggles to survive next to a stranded boat in the Mui Ca Mau National Park, Vietnam. The degraded mangroves in the foreground did not manage to survive. Mangroves face a variety of stressors that can ultimately lead to degradation and loss.

The Mangrove Mirror displays an integrated Mangrove / Shrimp farm in Mũi Cà Mau National Park, Viet Nam. It illustrates the interplay between the biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. Fascinating reflections appear while paddling through the rows of mangroves. In a sea of mangroves at the corner of the pond, some banana palms grow out front of a dragon fruit cactus clung to a tree on the dike. The sunny, lush, bright green canopy transitioned to darker shades of green in the shade.

A Bruguiera hainesii mangrove breaking the wave in a bay of Côn Đảo National Park, Viet Nam.

Bruguiera hainesii mangroves breaking waves in a bay of Côn Đảo National Park, Viet Nam.

Feel free to see, a lagoon so green, from the top of the tree, that lacked canopy. Côn Đảo National Park, Viet Nam.

Breathtaking views of jungle-covered, yellow hills flowing into a mangrove forested, green lagoon can be observed in Côn Đảo National Park, Viet Nam.

The variety of mangroves includes ferns, shrubs, palms, and trees that can be observed in the Mũi Cà Mau National Park, Viet Nam.

Grey snappers between the roots of mangrove trees

Patches of sargassum overgrowths inundate the mangrove ecosystem of Biscayne Bay, Florida.

Black Mangroves in a nearly dried up wetland show resiliency and strength while withstanding South Floridian wintertime droughts.

A few healthy mangroves rooted in the low oxygen waters of a nearly dried up South Florida wetland.

A pair of mangroves rooted in the nutrient rich inter coastal waters off Jensen Beach, Florida.

A mangrove sapling starting its new life fortunate to grow just inches from the waterline of a partially dried up inland waterbed.

This pic was taken during a Field Ecology (UFBA) course in north of Bahia State in Brazil.

Crab's view of the landscape

Photo taken in 2002 with a Nikon N50 using ISO 400 film. The record composed a visual ethnography of my doctoral thesis

photo series on scientific excursion to the Panamanian mangrove swamps

Kids enjoying the beauty of nature and mangroves.

Bird watching at a mangrove forest.

A boat man travelling on a swamp mangove area in Pamarawan Island in the Philippines.

A resident of a nearby mangrove forest gathers trash on a makeshift bridge

Children playing beside their make-shift house along a magrove area.

Trash and garbage are one source of danger for wildlife along our coastlines.

Herons are seen resting on magroves along a mangrove forest in the Philippines.

Herons are seen resting on magroves along a mangrove forest in the Philippines.

Fisherman on this daily walk, to collect hard clams in the mud through the Sonneratia alba's roots in Southern Thailand (Trang province)

A ponramic view from a mangroove taken during the sunset from Mayotte Island

Shool of fish under the mangroove

Citrus ridge mangroove

Citrus ridge mangroove

A mirro effect under the surface.

Crocodile looking for food on the banks of a swamp in a fishing village in Yucatan. This body of water adjoins houses and, unfortunately, has been used as a dump despite the local fauna that persists.

A group of guiana dolphin enters the mangrove corridors between the months June and July to catch its favorite fish: the mullet fish

This smile hides a sad reality: the marsh antwren is having difficulty controlling the intense heat near its nest because of uncontrollable climate change

These birds love a dry branch inside the mangrove, where they can wait for the right moment to fish.

This specific mangrove is being reborn after facing an extreme weather event, a cyclone that, in 2019, completely destroyed it.

Researcher Marilia Lignon has been studying the health of mangroves in southern Brazil for 20 years. She is studying the regeneration of a mangrove that was affected by an extreme weather event.

The scarlet Ibis returned to the mangroves of southern Brazil after disappearing for 80 years

The wind shows a new look for the Snowy Egret

The conection about the bay, mangrove and a rainforest at the dawn

A seed of mangrove grows into the forest after a extreme storm, it brings a breath of new life

A waterway from a southern brazilian mangrove ever hides a mistery, good or not.

The largest well preserved mangrove in the southern of brazil, Superagui National Park

The "Caiçara" is a traditional people who lives in the southern coast of Brazil.

A fishermen was fishing with another partnert today, a group of great egrets.

Some of the caiçara people lives inside the mangrove, away from everything

A little fishermen town inside a mangrove in Cananeia city.

Sad reality: a mangrove died because of human indifference

A ship brings news, goods and not, for the southern brazil