Nurturing nature
Kenyan communities bring once-declining mangrove forests back to life
Updated: 2025-09-09 09:54
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In recent years, Marereni's mangroves have faced significant loss due to conversion for solar salt works, aquaculture, and human settlement, according to Kenya's National Mangrove Ecosystem Management Plan 2017-27.
For coastal communities like those in Marereni, the disappearance of mangroves poses a direct threat to their livelihoods. As mangroves vanish, so do economic opportunities, deepening poverty and food insecurity across the region.
