#Mangrove

A 750-metre wooden walkway and a bird-watching tower are among the key features of the mangrove park at Gorai in Mumbai's western suburbs.

New research suggests mangroves remove 960,000 tons per year of nitrogen from global water systems, a figure that could rise to more than 5.5 million tons annually if conditions were optimal for the plants.

Years ago, construction of a road cut off the flow of water to a mangrove forest in Mexico, depriving these coast-hugging trees of what they need to thrive and proving deadly for wildlife. Today, signs of life are beginning to reappear.