Asean ministers' spouses plant mangroves in Aklan
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The spouses of Foreign Ministers of Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and the Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) went mangrove planting at the Sitio Lugutan mangrove site in Barangay Manoc-manoc, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan, recently. Aklan Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) chief Ivene Reyes assisted the ASEAN ministers’ spouses. He emphasized the importance of mangroves on Philippine biodiversity during the orientation of the participants.
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Asean ministers' spouses plant mangroves in Aklan. (2017, March 12). Panay News, pp. 4, 14.
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Mangroves; Mangrove conservation; Barriers; Storm surge barriers; Coral reefs; Marine ecology; Environmental protection; Environmental restoration; Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO)-Aklan; Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA); Reyes, Ivene
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