![The Mangrove Photography Awards is an annual competition celebrating the beauty and significance of mangrove ecosystems around the world. Photographer Supratim Bhattacharjee won the overall prize this year, with an image of a girl standing before her tea shop, which has been destroyed by a cyclone and flooding in Frazerganj, Sundarbans, India, home to the largest mangrove forest in the world.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/copy-of-overall-winner.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
The Mangrove Photography Awards is an annual competition celebrating the beauty and significance of mangrove ecosystems around the world. Photographer Supratim Bhattacharjee won the overall prize this year, with an image of a girl standing before her tea shop, which has been destroyed by a cyclone and flooding in Frazerganj, Sundarbans, India, home to the largest mangrove forest in the world.
![The award selected winners in six categories, including one dedicated to mangroves and people. Johannes Panji Christo won this with an image of a Balinese man covered in mud from a mangrove forest during a bathing purification tradition, known as Mebuug Buugan.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/people-winner.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
The award selected winners in six categories, including one dedicated to mangroves and people. Johannes Panji Christo won this with an image of a Balinese man covered in mud from a mangrove forest during a bathing purification tradition, known as Mebuug Buugan.
![Olivier Clement’s photograph “Guardians of the Mangroves” won first place in the mangroves and underwater category. It depicts a turtle navigating the mangroves, as a reminder of the vital role these ecosystems play in sustaining marine biodiversity.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/underwater-winner.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
Olivier Clement’s photograph “Guardians of the Mangroves” won first place in the mangroves and underwater category. It depicts a turtle navigating the mangroves, as a reminder of the vital role these ecosystems play in sustaining marine biodiversity.
![4- A turquoise water channel lined by mangrove trees meanders through the Al Dhafra region of the United Arab Emirates. “Nature’s Ribbon” was photographed by Ammar Alsayed Ahmed and won the mangroves and landscapes category.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/landscape-winner.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
4- A turquoise water channel lined by mangrove trees meanders through the Al Dhafra region of the United Arab Emirates. “Nature’s Ribbon” was photographed by Ammar Alsayed Ahmed and won the mangroves and landscapes category.
![Nicholas Alexander Hess was awarded the Young Mangrove Photographer of the Year prize for his multiple exposure image of a young saltwater crocodile captured at low tide in the mangroves. “I used the multiple exposure mode in my camera to superimpose layers onto my image of the croc's eye to capture more of the scene without sacrificing detail of the eye,” he said in a press release.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/young-persons-winner.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
Nicholas Alexander Hess was awarded the Young Mangrove Photographer of the Year prize for his multiple exposure image of a young saltwater crocodile captured at low tide in the mangroves. “I used the multiple exposure mode in my camera to superimpose layers onto my image of the croc's eye to capture more of the scene without sacrificing detail of the eye,” he said in a press release.
![A villager stands in his half-submerged home during a flood in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. The photograph by Dipayan Bose won the mangroves and threats category.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/threats-winner.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
A villager stands in his half-submerged home during a flood in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. The photograph by Dipayan Bose won the mangroves and threats category.
![Restoration scientist and photographer Mark Cook captured this image of a bottlenose dolphin grabbing a mullet from the air during “mud-ring feeding,” a fishing behavior exhibited by dolphins living in the mangrove-lined bays of Florida Bay and the Caribbean. The photograph came first in the mangroves and wildlife category.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/wildlife-winner.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
Restoration scientist and photographer Mark Cook captured this image of a bottlenose dolphin grabbing a mullet from the air during “mud-ring feeding,” a fishing behavior exhibited by dolphins living in the mangrove-lined bays of Florida Bay and the Caribbean. The photograph came first in the mangroves and wildlife category.
![Giacomo d'Orlando’s portfolio “Symbiosis” won the mangroves and conservation stories category, depicting life in Demak Regency, Indonesia, one of the most vulnerable places to climate change.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/portfolio-winner.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
Giacomo d'Orlando’s portfolio “Symbiosis” won the mangroves and conservation stories category, depicting life in Demak Regency, Indonesia, one of the most vulnerable places to climate change.
![Through a series of photographs, d’Orlando shows how both climate change and human induced activities are threatening coastal communities.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/portfolio-winner-1.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
Through a series of photographs, d’Orlando shows how both climate change and human induced activities are threatening coastal communities.
![Runner up in the mangroves and wildlife category, Jayanta Guha’s photograph, “Mudskipper in Aurora,” depicts the peculiar species of fish which is found in mangroves and mudflats.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/runner-up-48-mudskipper-in-aurora.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
Runner up in the mangroves and wildlife category, Jayanta Guha’s photograph, “Mudskipper in Aurora,” depicts the peculiar species of fish which is found in mangroves and mudflats.
![Upamanyu Chakraborty photographs a Northern River terrapin before release as part of a conservation breeding program in the Sundarbans, India. The photograph was runner-up in the mangroves and people category.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/runner-up-satellite-tagged-rewilding-hope.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
Upamanyu Chakraborty photographs a Northern River terrapin before release as part of a conservation breeding program in the Sundarbans, India. The photograph was runner-up in the mangroves and people category.
![Purwanto Nugroho’s photograph “Kakaban Mangrove” shows how colorful underwater mangrove habitats can be. It was highly commended in the mangroves and underwater category.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/47-kakaban-mangrove.jpg?c=original&q=h_447,c_fill)
Purwanto Nugroho’s photograph “Kakaban Mangrove” shows how colorful underwater mangrove habitats can be. It was highly commended in the mangroves and underwater category.