Sri Lanka to become the first nation in the world to protect all its mangroves

Mangrove Forest near Ahungalla, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

May 12, 2013 www.theguardian.com | “More than half the world’s mangroves have been lost over the last century but all of those surviving in Sri Lanka, one of their most important havens, are now to be protected in an unprecedented operation.”

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