Mangrove, The Green Coastguard
When you think of forests, what is the first image that pops up in your mind? Have you ever wondered whether forests can be partly on land and partly on water? If not, then you should be curious about mangroves. But, before we go ahead, here is a quick and important piece of statistics for you – the world is losing these unique forests at a much faster rate than overall global forests. In a span of twenty years, from 1996 to 2016, the world has lost a net area of 6075 km of mangrove forests says The State of the World’s Mangrove report 2021 released by Global Mangrove Alliance