# @unitednations on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMkSMyHMJxn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32709846-unitednations-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0470a83249.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-26T10:03:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** United Nations (@unitednations) — https://gondola.cc/unitednations

## Caption

Saturday is #MangroveDay.

Mangroves are vital ecosystems that protect us from climate change, preserve biodiversity and support livelihoods.

These forests grow mostly in warm regions with calm coastlines, shallow waters and soft ground. They provide hundreds of millions of people living along coasts with essential services — from shielding communities from climate disasters to boosting fisheries and filtering pollution.

Yet mangroves are increasingly under threat due to coastal development, the climate crisis and other human activities. The consequences are catastrophic: one fifth of the world’s mangroves have already disappeared.

➡️ Swipe through to learn why protecting and restoring mangroves matters.

Regram: unep; unesco I 📸: mangrovephotographyawards; theoceanagency 

#ClimateAction

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mangroveday, climateaction

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