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Mangrove Risk Index 2025
April 12 , 2025
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- Researchers from Switzerland and United States have developed a risk index for mangroves as well as associated biodiversity and ecosystem.
- Over 56 per cent of the world’s mangroves could be at high or severe risk, under the worst-case scenario.
- About 34 per cent of the most valuable mangroves, could face very serious and possibly irreversible damage.
- This is called a “regime shift”, meaning the ecosystem may change completely and may not recover.
- The Philippines is one of the most at-risk countries.
- It has over 260,000 hectares of mangroves and already gets hit by many storms.
- Mangroves alone provide $65 billion worth of flood protection each year.
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