The nurseries of the coast — and the country's cheapest defence against erosion, storm surge and carbon.
Why this channel
What you will learn here
Mangroves connect crocodiles, fisheries, climate and village livelihoods in one place; they explain the whole coastline.
Four short filmed conversations with the people who know this subject first-hand are being produced for this page by Stays of Timor. Each is two to three minutes — honest, local, and recorded in Timor-Leste.
The interviews
Four conversations, four angles
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 1What a mangrove actually does
Nursery, filter, sea wall and carbon store — explained standing in one.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 2Replanting: what works and what fails
Restoration technique, species choice and why many plantings die.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 3Living from the mangrove
Shellfish, crabs, firewood, salt — the household economy of the wetland.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 4Mangroves, crocodiles and safety
Sharing the wetland with the country's apex predator.
In pictures
Nature & Wildlife
Reef line from the airSnorkellers in clear waterMangrove waterThe wild east
Photos: Ministry of Tourism & Environment, Timor-Leste
Part of the Timor Information Channels — 28 subjects, told by the people who know them. Produced by Stays of Timor.
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