Local residents plant mangroves at the government’s conservation site in the Teluk Naga area, the northern part of Jakarta. Photo: World Bank Paying local residents to plant mangroves has raised ...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the next morning in the ...

In the world’s largest mangrove forest, women whose husbands were killed by Bengal tigers are working to restore their habitat.

Indonesia has more mangrove forests than any other country, but much of it has been degraded for fish and shrimp farms. The government aims to restore 600,000 hectares of mangroves by 2024, but ...

Mangrove forests with greater species diversity can store more carbon, according to new research published in the British Ecological Society journal Functional Ecology. Researchers studying mangrove ...

Indonesia is home to 3.2 million hectares (7.9 million acres) of mangroves, more than any other country. These coastal forests, which serve as nurseries for countless fish species and help mitigate ...

Washington, DC, June 7, 2022, The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a project to support the Government of Indonesia in enhancing the management of mangroves and livelihoods of local ...