2026-05-15 · percent of historical mangrove area

A fifth of mangroves are already gone

Coastal forests buffer storms and nurseries for fish. Shrimp farms and ports cut them down.

Coastal forests buffer storms and nurseries for fish. Shrimp farms and ports cut them down. This grid divides mangrove extent (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Lost since 1980s and Remaining mangroves — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.

1 cell = 0.1 percent of historical mangrove area (0.1% of mangrove extent) · 1,000 cells