Maasin City, Southern Leyte – Twenty four thousand mangrove tree seedlings were planted in two consecutive years in 2007 and 2008 in 12 municipalities covering a total of 24 barangays of this province allegedly as a measure to help mitigate climate change or global warning.
This was the disclosure of Evangeline Andrade Alvarez, Aquaculturist 2 of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Management Office (PENRMO) whose office is located within the two-storey building of the Provincial Capitol here.
She implied that prior to the distribution of the mangroves or beach forest …