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2026

World Mangrove Day 2026: Africa must stop treating mangroves as isolated forests, and start managing them as the bridge between land and sea
July 26 is World Mangrove Day!
Mangroves as land and ocean buffers: A comparative analysis of mangrove ecosystem services in Ghana and Tanzania
Study Highlights Policy and Governance Challenges in African Mangrove Conservation

2025

Is reusable beverage packaging better than single–use plastic?
30 Tanzanian and Ghanaian Students Awarded BCDI 2030 Scholarships for Mangrove Stewardship
World Wetlands Day 2024: Mangroves, Our Coastal Guardians!
Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system

2024

CoastMan Launch in Zanzibar
Op-Ed: African countries must make their voices heard on deep-sea mining
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