The 2024 State of the World’s Mangrove Report is Here!
The Global Mangrove Alliance’s comprehensive The State of the World’s Mangroves report is back with a new 2024 edition!
A collaboration of over 100 authors from around the world, The State of the World’s Mangroves is back this year with powerful new science solidifying the role of mangroves as natural climate solutions, and confirming their importance to coastal communities and biodiversity. In this edition, we feature:
- Over 60 case studies and photo stories from field teams and GMA members working hard every day to safeguard their local mangroves
- Information from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on drivers of loss and food security
- Findings from the influential new report by IUCN, The Red List of Mangrove Ecosystems, showing the threat that climate change poses to mangroves and the lives that depend on them
- Updates on The Mangrove Breakthrough and policy efforts
- Perspectives from funders on mangrove investment and innovative financing opportunities
- The new GMW v4 map and stories from the field demonstrating how the GMW loss alerts are improving monitoring efforts
- New science on coastal protection
- A new fisheries model estimating how valuable mangroves are to support livelihoods and biodiversity