As shrimp farms are established on agricultural land, they are taking over from the most labour-intensive livelihoods, with mangrove forests among those areas being cleared for shrimp farms.

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Southeast Asia’s mangrove forests are still at risk of conversion for oil palm, rice and aquaculture, despite their immense potential for mitigating global biodiversity and climate goals.

Another key attraction of the mangrove park, being developed by the Mangroves Foundation of the Maharashtra Forest Department, is a 740-metre-long boardwalk passing through the dense mangrove forest.