{"id":30821,"date":"2022-07-27T09:27:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T01:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/?p=30821"},"modified":"2022-07-27T09:41:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T01:41:19","slug":"from-fighting-climate-change-to-illnesses-why-mangroves-are-worth-celebrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2022\/07\/27\/from-fighting-climate-change-to-illnesses-why-mangroves-are-worth-celebrating\/","title":{"rendered":"From fighting climate change to illnesses \u2014 why mangroves are worth celebrating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8216;Commentary: From fighting climate change to illnesses \u2014 why mangroves are worth celebrating&#8217; (<em>Today<\/em>, July 2022), <a href=\"https:\/\/profile.nus.edu.sg\/fass\/geofd\/\">Associate Professor Daniel Friess<\/a> (NUS Geography and Deputy Director of the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions) discusses ten reasons to celebrate mangroves for International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on 26 July. He notes that while land reclamation and freshwater reservoir construction have caused mangroves to decline during the past 70 years, Singapore&#8217;s mangroves, which cover 8.1 sq km, remain a key resource in addressing the climate emergency.<\/p>\n<p>A\/P Friess explains that mangroves can tolerate floods, heavy waves, and water with high salinity. They also provide home to a large and varied selection of land and water dwelling animals. In addition, they support our livelihoods, and in Singapore can be valued at US$46.2 million annually. Mangroves also produce compounds with pharmaceutical use, store atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions, protect against storms, and assist in adapting to rising seas.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the many benefits of mangroves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/commentary\/commentary-fighting-climate-change-illnesses-why-mangroves-are-worth-celebrating-1953291\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit The Mangrove Lab, NUS led by A\/P Friess <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themangrovelab.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/cncs\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30826\" style=\"width: 1450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/exploring-the-mangroves-of-moreton-bay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1450\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/exploring-the-mangroves-of-moreton-bay.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/exploring-the-mangroves-of-moreton-bay-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/exploring-the-mangroves-of-moreton-bay-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/exploring-the-mangroves-of-moreton-bay-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1450px) 100vw, 1450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Exploring the Mangroves of Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Australia&#8217;, from The Mangrove Lab, NUS (https:\/\/www.themangrovelab.com\/photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8216;Commentary: From fighting climate change to illnesses \u2014 why mangroves are worth celebrating&#8217; (Today, July 2022), Associate Professor Daniel Friess (NUS Geography and Deputy Director of the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions) discusses ten reasons to celebrate mangroves for International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on 26 July. He notes &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2022\/07\/27\/from-fighting-climate-change-to-illnesses-why-mangroves-are-worth-celebrating\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From fighting climate change to illnesses \u2014 why mangroves are worth celebrating<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":30826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4541,4529,4606,4609,4604],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geography","category-news","category-research","category-singapore-research-nexus","category-visible"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30821"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30828,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30821\/revisions\/30828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}