Reversing damage to the world’s mangrove forests - news - Mongabay

The first thing that struck us wasn't the missing trees, but the missing water. In May 2026, we visited the Sundarbans, a mangrove forest in the delta where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers meet in the Bay of Bengal. We went there expecting a story about the mangroves, the tangled, salt-tolerant forests that are supposed to be the last line of defense against cyclones and rising seas. What we found instead was a dry pond, cracked and empty, in a delta where water was never supposed to run out.

Thousands of Scouts in Kenya set a world record in environmental action, showing what young people can achieve when communities, government, and partners work together for a healthier planet. On 26 July 2026, Scouts joined community members and environmental partners in Mombasa to set a new Guinness World Records title for the most people planting mangrove trees simultaneously. A total of 4,124 participants successfully completed the challenge.

Some public buildings and businesses across France have been boarded up ahead of Saturday's protestsFrance is on high alert ahead of a new day of nationwide protests on Saturday, a week after the country saw some of its worst unrest in decades. Sweeping restrictions have been imposed on demonstrations across France but hundreds of thousands of protesters are still expected to gather in Paris and elsewhere for a second round of protests organised by students, trade unions and wider anti-government groups. The interior ministry has said it will deploy 70,000 police officers, ramping up the security presence in French cities, after the government was accused by opposition parties of failing to foresee the scale of the unrest on 17 October. "We will not let anything go unchallenged," said Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez. "We will be uncompromising with the vandals, with the looters, and all those who commit acts of violence," he added, explaining that separate from the planned protests, numerous calls for violence had been seen on social media from the "far left and radical extreme left".

WorldGunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 40 others, authorities said. Gunfire erupted roughly 15 minutes after funeral started, witness saysThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 23, 2026 10:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A man looks through a gap in a stone wall, toward a church in Karak, Jordan, where a shooting occurred at a funeral held there hours earlier on Friday. (The Associated Press)Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 40 others, authorities said. The shooting took place at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, about 180 kilometres south of the capital, Amman. Footage broadcast on Jordanian state television showed two gunmen, apparently armed with pistols, approaching the church and firing shots. A third man, apparently carrying a semi-automatic rifle, then approached and fired before all three ran toward the church.