The winners of the Mangrove Photography 2024 Awards have been announced, a competition celebrating the fragile watery ecosystems.
A powerful portrait of a young girl in the Sundarbans, India standing before her tea shops that had been totally ruined by sea water was crowned overall winner. The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world and one of the most vulnerable because of frequent cyclonic events there.
Highly commended in the Mangroves and Landscapes category – Picturesque mangrove trees on the Andaman Islands. | Gibert Isern / Mangrove Photography Awards Highly commended in the Mangroves and Wildlife category – Face to face with a crocodile in the State of Nayarit, Mexico. | Javier Orozco / Mangrove Photography AwardsWinner of the Mangroves and Threats category – Due to repeated tropical cyclones and sea level rise in the Bay of Bengal, river embankments have become broken by high tides in coastal villages across the Sundarbans, West Bengal.
Runner up in the Mangroves and Underwater category – A diamondback terrapin emerges from its underground burrow in Indonesia. | Nick Conzone / Mangrove Photography Awards
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