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    'Mangroves good for coastal villages': Int'l Day of Forests marked

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    March 24, 2014
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    Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Iloilo
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    PN20140324_4
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    Planting mangroves in Brgy. Talisay, Barotac Nuevo town was the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) way of celebrating the international day of forests. Some 150 mangrove propagules were planted Friday last week, said community Environment and Natural resources officer (CENRO) Cynthia Blancia. Blancia said they chose pure bakhawan species of mangrove for they have prop root system which can hold in loose and wet soils.
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    'Mangroves good for coastal villages': Int'l Day of Forests marked. (2014, March 24). Panay News, p. 4.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/9258
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    Mangroves; Mangrove conservation; Soil erosion; Mangrove swamps; Storm surges; Tsunamis; Biodiversity; Environmental restoration; Mangrove restoration; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO); Blacia, Cynthia; Aquino, Benigno III
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