Photography award winners show the fragility and beauty of mangrove forests
By: BBCWorld (BBC News)
Victor Hugo Luja Molina has been named overall winner of this year's Mangrove Photography Awards, for his image of a female jaguar in an intimate moment with her cub in a mangrove forest in Mexico.
Winner of Mangroves & Wildlife: Welcome Grin , by Jenny Stock, Cuba
A beautiful and powerful animal, an American crocodile, seen in his home, the mangroves of Jardines de la Reina, Cuba.
This was my first in-water encounter with a crocodile.
And it was completely exhilarating.
Being up close with such a wild and powerful animal would make your heart race.
Winner of Mangroves & Landscapes: The Dancing Mangroves , by Harry Pieters, Indonesia
A landscape shot of mangrove trees at jaunty angles looking as though they are dancing
A unique mangrove sunset scene along Walakiri Beach, in East Sumba, Indonesia, where the trees sway across a stretch of white sand.
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