We're Losing Nature's Best Flood Defense

To support our work you just need to switch to Ecosia as your search engine. It’s easy and for free: https://ecosia.co/join Wetlands and mangrove ecosystems specifically are literally nature’s home-made flood protection. But most mangrove landscapes have disappeared and about 70 mangrove species are at risk of extinction. Restoring mangrove sites isn’t all that easy and, in fact, even us at Ecosia weren’t doing everything right. We realized we had missed something crucial… ⌚️Time stamps 00:00-02:18 Why are mangroves crucial? 02:18-4:34 Mangroves, explained 4:34-5:50 Mangroves VS seawalls 5:50-8:03 When mangroves disappear 8:03-9:02 The mistake we made 9:02-11:50 Won’t the trees be cut down again? 11:50-12:27 Will rising sea levels kill mangroves? 12:27-13:00 Surprising, positive news 13:00-13:30 What else can we do? 13:30-13:59 The easiest way to protect landscapes ——————————————— 🍿 WATCH NEXT: A playlist of our followers’ favorite videos: https://ecosia.co/ecosiafavorites 💘 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS VIDEO Veritree: https://www.veritree.com/ Earthlungs: https://earthlungsreforestation.org ——————————————— OUR OTHER SOCIALS: 🌎The Ecosia Blog https://blog.ecosia.org/ (also in DE and FR) 📸Instagram   / ecosia   🤳TikTok   / ecosia   ——————————————— CREDITS Director and producer Fátima González-Torres (IG: @fatilugonzalevic) Script Fátima González-Torres Research lead and production assistance Linnea Andersson Cinematographer Viktorija Manuhina Creative Director Sina Samavati Executive Producer Elise Jost On-the-ground footage Tom Miller/Veritree Editing & post-production Viktorija Manuhina Motion graphics & animation Forat Elalfy (@foratau) and Janna Thireau Special thanks to Veritree and Earthlungs ——————————————— 🧐MAIN SOURCES IN THIS VIDEO “Oil Spills in Mangroves; Planning & Response Considerations”, Michel, Jacqueline, Research Gate “The State of the World's Mangroves”, Global Mangrove Alliance blog “FAO reviews 30 years of global forest data”, Global Mangrove Alliance blog “How mangroves are helping engineers to combat the effects of sea level rise”, Petra Dankers, Royal Haskoning DHV blog “Marsh restoration in front of seawalls is an economically justified nature-based solution for coastal protection”, Ernie I. H. Lee & Heidi Nepf, nature.com “Microbial diversity and ecological interactions of microorganisms in the mangrove ecosystem: Threats, vulnerability, and adaptations”, Krishna Palit & other authors, Research Gate “Reduction of wind and swell waves by mangroves.”, Iris Möller & other authors, Research Gate “Mangroves are disappearing – we read 200 scientific papers to find out why”, Avit K Bhowmik, theconversation.com “The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Flood Damage Reduction in the Northeastern USA”, Siddharth Narayan & other authors, nature.com “Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise”, N. Saintilan & other authors, science.org “Global declines in human‐driven mangrove loss”, Liza Goldberg & other authors, PubMed Central “Rates and drivers of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia, 2000–2012”, Daniel R. Richards and Daniel A. Friess, National Academy of Sciences of the USA #Mangroves #Rewilding #Reforestation #Kenya #Documentary