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Virtual gallery to highlight the importance and diversity of city's mangroves
Updated On: 10 June, 2021 01:00 PM IST | Mumbai | Sukanya Datta
Since April, young artists have picked up their brush to spread awareness about mangroves as part of a citizen-led campaign. Now, a virtual gallery of these artworks showcases diverse aspects of this vital ecosystem
Mumbai’s DNA by Gary Curzai depicts the way mangroves house a variety of flora and fauna and how the Kolis live harmoniously with this ecosystem
gWhile conducting their research on the city’s rich biodiversity, the community platform Ministry of Mumbai’s Magic had realised that there were two aspects to the protection of mangroves. One, countless citizens don’t realise the critical value of mangroves and wetlands, which results in garbage-dumping and encroachment, and two, many aren’t aware about how to take action, shares campaign lead Arpita Bhagat.
A comic strip by Aditi Mali on the importance of mangroves
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