{"id":119539,"date":"2026-08-17T14:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=119539"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:34:54","slug":"hara-mangrove-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hara-mangrove-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hara Mangrove Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hara Mangrove Forest Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent satellite images have revealed a major environmental threat to Hara mangrove forest due to an oil spill off Qeshm\u2019s southern coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hara Mangrove Forest<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Hara forests are a vital ecological treasure <\/span><b>of the Persian Gulf.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spanning the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>,<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These mangrove forests consist mainly of <\/span><b>grey mangrove trees (Avicennia marina).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The forests are designated as a <\/span><b>UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ecological Role<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a <\/span><b>special filtration system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their roots that allows them to <\/span><b>thrive in saline conditions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same roots also <\/span><b>protect the coast against erosion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are voluminous carbon sinks, sequestering significantly more carbon than terrestrial forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They serve as an <\/span><b>important nursery for marine life<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as they shelter shrimp, crabs, and numerous fish species that sustain the region\u2019s fisheries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hara forests\u2019 <\/span><b>canopy is also a major migratory hub<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for birds like the great stone-curlew and various herons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mangroves are the backbone of the <\/span><b>sustainable tourism programmes of Qeshm,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf, and draw visitors to their labyrinthine waterways.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/major-oil-spill-threatens-hara-mangrove-forests-in-persian-gulf\/article71352122.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hara Mangrove Forest is a vital ecological treasure of the Persian Gulf. Spanning the Strait of Hormuz. Read more about Hara Mangrove Forest, Location, Ecological Role, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":119498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9592],"class_list":["post-119539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-hara-mangrove-forest","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119602,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119539\/revisions\/119602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}