The nearly extinct beach forests of the country, particularly in Iloilo, are getting a new lease on life. Dr. Rex Sadaba, University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) professor and mangrove expert, said the restoration of beach forests started in Tigbauan, Iloilo over the weekend. “This is a historic milestone,” Sadaba said during the Action for Re-greening and Transformation (ART) program, the annual tree and mangrove planting of the Iloilo provincial government. Sadaba said beach forests have almost been nonexistent in the Philippines as human settlements mushroomed along rivers and coastlines.

Yap, T. (2014, April 7). Iloilo restores beach forest. The Daily Guardian, p. 2.