After the wide-open water of the estuary, the mangrove forest feels eerie and magical.
The lower part is a mangrove forest and the rest has only modest elevation changes.
The same applies to large areas of mangrove forest and reed beds, breeding grounds for fish.
Spanning two states and 146, 000 acres, the biosphere is home to mangrove forests, crocodiles and more than 300 bird species.
Dr Fessl said it might be possible in the case of the Mangrove Finches to sterilise their nests.
Swamp: low-lying areas that are frequently flooded and support vegetation adapted to saturated soils e.g. mangrove swamps.
Corcovado has roughly 13 types of vegetation, including a cloud forest, a mangrove and a freshwater herbaceous swamp.
Wetlands: low-lying areas that are frequently flooded and which support vegetation adapted to saturated soils e.g. mangrove swamps.
It's a lot of work but with the Mangrove Finches, it is feasible.
It crashed in a mangrove swamp at midnight on Saturday, 12 miles south-east of Douala, where it had taken off.
Activities on the site include cleaning the beach (mostly material left by a former tourist industry infrastructure), mangrove restoration and afforestation.
The 15-mile (23km) journey offers several places to rest, like lazy Sombrero Beach in Marathon and the labyrinth of mangrove tunnels of Boot Key.
The 28-year-old miner punched and kicked the crocodile, while at the same time clinging on to mangrove branches and screaming for help.
But Deering wanted the house near the bay, and the team put the villa in a mangrove swamp right on the water.
The yoga might be done on windswept mid-ocean rocks (really), and the spa soaking in a vitality pool in a lush mangrove jungle.
The 220-mile train trip from New York to Boston, for instance, emits the same amount of CO2 as is stored in 2.5 cubic feet of mangrove forests.
It monitors coral reef, mangrove and seagrass sites in San Salvador.
Its mangrove swamps hide lagoons that invite kayakers to explore.
The water is full of darting and jumping fish, and the mangrove roots -- some the height of a double-decker bus -- tower over the boat.
The bulk of the country's freshwater dolphin population live in the south-west of the country, especially in the rivers and waterways of the Sunderbans mangrove forest.
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The paddling terrain of the keys is remarkably varied - some routes take paddlers through dense overhanging mangrove tunnels reminiscent of a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Enter the mileage, and the app tells you what size of mangrove forest, equatorial rain forest or seagrass meadow, among other habitats, store an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide.
Its conservation value is further marked by its role as the boundary between mangrove and Melaleuca forests, and as a reproduction and breeding area of marine species.
Adam Barlow of the Sundarbans Tiger Project, which monitors and protects the 300-500 tigers of Bangladesh's giant Sundarbans mangrove forest, dismissed Mr Hossein's theory of why the tigers died.
On Malaysia's eastern coast, the Marang resort in the state of Terengganu provides both rooms with a view of the pristine beach and lodging in stilt-houses above a mangrove preserve.
The estuary waters are cloudy from sediment, but as soon as the boat swerves off into the undergrowth of the surrounding mangrove forest, you can see right to the bottom of the riverbed.
The joint venture is composed of NNPC (55 percent), Shell (30 percent), Elf (10 percent) and Agip (5 percent) and operates largely onshore on dry land or in the mangrove swamp.
Startup FreedomPop, which is backed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, DCM and Mangrove Capital, provides cheaper Internet access and the ability for people to share access with others on its network.
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Portable, inexpensive and environmentally friendly, according to Barber, Reef Balls can be built anywhere and are used to mimic and rehabilitate all forms of oceanic reefs, such as mangrove, oyster and coral reefs.
Perhaps most important is the natural setting, from the barely touched mangrove forest (building low-impact was a priority) to the riots of flamboyant bougainvillea that drape the uneven stone steps up to the hillside suites.
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