The banks and delta of the Mono River in Benin are home to mangrove swamps which harbour fish and rare wild birds -- and some are deemed sacred. Such ceremonies are common in villages in the ...

When the river finally surged into the cemetery ... has been robbed of its protective mangroves by tree cutting and sea-level rise and is eroding steadily. Nitya Gopal lost his home.

The women have planted 2.6 million mangrove trees since 2018, drawing attention from a government agency that hired them to share their knowledge and plant mangroves for its oil spill ...