George Sanker / Purple gallinule (Porphyrula martinica) in mangrove swamp. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.

Cyril Ruoso / Pollution washed up in mangroves, Sungei Buloh Natural Park, Singapore. Non-ex

Juergen Freund / Banded sea kraits (Laticauda colubrina) around the roots of mangrove tree, split level. Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific.

Juergen Freund / Split level of large Purple crown jellyfish (Netrostoma setouchina) in shallows of mangroves. Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), Sabah Malaysia, Borneo.

Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Rhzophora mangrove trees, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Mangrove trees (Rhizophora) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

Shibai Xiao / Mangrove forest (Sonneratia hainanensis) respiratory roots with man standing up in small boat, Guangxi Province, China. No releases available.

Konrad Wothe / Estuarine / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) amongst mangrove roots, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia, October

Anup Shah / Proboscis monkey (Nasalia larvatus) juvenile sitting in mangrove tree, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April

Anup Shah / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) male walking across the mudflats of a mangrove swamp revealed at low tide with the sea in the background, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, March

Juergen Freund / A thatched house built in amongst the mangrove roots on stilts. Northern Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.