When typhoon Saling hit Bataan in 1987, it wiped out around 200 houses along the coastlines, save for 14 located in a mangrove area. Realizing that mangroves serve as natural barriers against storms and floods, rehabilitating and growing mangroves took root after that calamity, according to Jose Sally Raymundo, vice chairman of the Tubo-Tubo Fisherfolks Association (TFA) in Orani, Bataan.

Mangroves: Coastal resilience takes roots in guarding Bataan. (2025, September 2). Manila Standard, p. C1.