Uran Mangroves | 27 Nov 2025

Why in News? 

Large stretches of mangroves in Uran are showing natural regeneration after years of illegal destruction, debris dumping, and neglect. 

Key Points 

• Uran lies in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, forming a crucial part of the Navi Mumbai mangrove belt and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s (MMR) coastal ecosystem. 
• The region includes ecologically sensitive wetland clusters such as Panje Wetland, Karnala bird corridor link, Belpada, Bokadvira, and TS Chanakya marshes.  
• The mangroves mainly consist of Avicennia marina, a hardy species capable of surviving high salinity and pollution. 
• These mangroves act as natural flood barriers, carbon sinks, and buffers against cyclones and storm surges in the Mumbai harbour region.  
• Uran is a vital habitat along the Central Asian Flyway, attracting migratory birds like flamingos, sandpipers, godwits, herons, and raptors. 
• Key threats include port expansion (JNPT), CIDCO development projects, highways, industrial effluents, debris dumping, landfilling, and encroachments.