AROUND 3,000 mangrove propagules were planted along the coast of Caubian, an islet barangay of Lapu-Lapu City last Saturday.
The joint teams from the Lapu-Lapu City police and fire department and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) left for Caubian on a motorized banca early Saturday morning for the mangrove planting.
“Caubian island has a very wide area that can be planted with mangroves. In fact, we’ve been planting here many times through the help of various sectors and the city government of Lapu-Lapu that provided a budget to carry out the project,” said SPO1 Rodito Viovicente, community relations officer of the Lapu-Lapu City police office.
He said mangroves don’t just help propagate marine lives and resources but also prevent global warming.
Viovicente said the police has put up a plant nursery in their headquarter to store mangrove seedlings that will be used in the mangrove planting activity.
Any group is welcome to join the mangrove planting.
Prior to the Caubian mangrove planting, a mangrove planting was also conducted 28 in barangay Calawisan, together with the members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), where 2,000 mangrove seedlings were planted.
Romeo Duero, president of LDS Mandaue Philippines Stake, led the activity. /CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA