Mangrove planting set to mitigate climate change
PUTTING UP palliative but sustainable solution to inefficient community garbage disposal, environment authorities here call on concerned individuals to join hands and plant mangroves.
Coming in as a major part in the activities drafted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the month-long observance of the Environment Month in June, mangrove planting teams from the DENR Penro and Cenro offices get to Tagbilaran, Dauis, Panglao on June 10 and in Clarin town on June 21 to do their share of mitigating the effects of humanity to the environment.
Aside from mangroves stopping soil erosion and spawning areas for a myriad of marine resources, mangrove ecosystems are also efficient sieves that screen off garbage and stop them from going out to pollute our seas, explains PENRO Canda, who is also an excellent forester.
Mangroves also protect coastal communities from erosion, storm surges and even tsunamis as the mangrove root system is excellent in dissipating wave energy, according to wikepedia.
Mangroves slow down tidal water enough that its sediment is deposited as the tide comes in, leaving all except fine particles when the tide ebbs, building their own environment, it continued.
