Mangroves provide a range of ecosystem services. These largely include the provision of timber, fuel wood, medicines, natural dyes, honey, and marine food. They also help in regulating floods, erosion and saltwater intrusion; and protect coastal communities against the harsh impacts of storms and tsunamis. Further, there are several aesthetic and cultural services that mangroves provide, including those related to…
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem Mangroves protect coastlines from erosion, they regulate flooding and buffer storms, provide nursery habitats for fish and can store large amounts of carbon dioxide. However, despite the many advantages that healthy mangrove ecosystems bring to coastal communities and the world as a whole, more than two thirds of mangroves has been lost or degraded. This is why UNESCO has designated 26 July…
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On Arbor Day, June 25, Green Philippines collaborates with the City Environment and Waste Management Office of LGU Antipolo in tree planting activities at the mountain Sitio San Ysiro @ 6am , then down at Sitio Pangolorin, Calawis Road @ 8am. The head of the Antipolo CEWMO is also the Provincial Chairperson of Green Philippines Rizal Chapter. After these events,…
ONE SIMPLE ACT TO SAVE MOTHER EARTHOn Arbor Day, June 25, Green Philippines invites everyone to participate by planting any kind of tree, at least one sapling, in any place most convenient, like: backyard, front yard, farm, mountainside, school, pathways, roadside, river banks, etc. You may take a photo or short video of your simple tree planting, then share it…
Greenest Presidential Candidate The green agenda is perhaps the most overlooked issue heading into the 2022 elections. Our experiences from both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have disproven the old notion that achieving national sustainable development is possible without caring for our climate and the environment. Source:: Rappler