**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** T. P. Murukesan rows a canoe stocked with mangrove saplings along a waterbody meant for prawns and pokkali rice off the shore of Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Known locally as Mangrove Man, Murukesan has turned to planting the trees along the shores to counter the impacts of rising waters on his home. (PTI viaAP Photo/Shawn Sebastian)(AP04_18_2023_000001A)
**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** T. P. Murukesan, standing knee deep in water, plants a mangrove sapling along an embankment close to his home off the shore of Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Known locally as Mangrove Man, Murukesan has turned to planting the trees along the shores to counter the impacts of rising waters on his home. (PTI viaAP Photo/Shawn Sebastian)(AP04_18_2023_000002B)
**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** T. P. Murukesan inspects mangrove saplings that he grew at his home nursery on Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 5, 2023. Known locally as Mangrove Man, Murukesan has turned to planting the trees along the shores to counter the impacts of rising waters on his home. (PTI viaAP Photo/Shawn Sebastian)(AP04_18_2023_000003B)
**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** **EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** T. P. Murukesan participates in a cleaning drive on a stretch of mangroves lining a tourist spot in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Known locally as Mangrove Man, Murukesan has turned to planting the trees along the shores to counter the impacts of rising waters on his home. (PTI via AP Photo/Shawn Sebastian)(AP04_18_2023_000004A)
**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** T. P. Murukesan poses with his family, from left, daughter Nimitha Manoj, wife Geetha Murukesan, grandson T. M. Akanitth at their home on Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Known locally as Mangrove Man, Murukesan has turned to planting the trees along the shores to counter the impacts of rising waters on his home. (PTI viaAP Photo/Shawn Sebastian)(AP04_18_2023_000005B)
**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** Murukesan and daughter Nimitha Manoj pick bamboo pieces from their home nursery for mangrove saplings to be planted on Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Known locally as Mangrove Man, Murukesan has turned to planting the trees along the shores to counter the impacts of rising waters on his home. (PTI viaAP Photo/Shawn Sebastian)(AP04_18_2023_000006B)
**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** A patch of mangroves are visible in a water body opposite T. P. Murukesan’s house on Vypin Island, in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Known locally as Mangrove Man, Murukesan has turned to planting the trees along the shores to counter the impacts of rising waters on his home. (PTI viaAP Photo/Shawn Sebastian)(AP04_18_2023_000007B)
**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** T. M. Akanitth, grandson of T. P. Murukesan, holds a mangrove sapling grown at their home nursery on Vypin Island, in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Murukesan said he has planted over 100,000 mangroves in the area. (PTI viaAP Photo/Shawn Sebastian)(AP04_18_2023_000009A)
