Yesterday, while I was making my blog entry
for Calabanga, I suddenly stumbled upon on these group of pictures that was
taken by me a few months ago. I was
organizing the photos in my folder and I saw the Earth Day event pictures and I
wondered whether or not I already did a blog entry about that event and only to
find out that I haven’t uploaded and did a story about the said Earth Day 2012
event.
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| Barangay Cagsao, Calabanga |
Anyway, the pictures show the mangrove tree planting activity that was conducted last April during the Earth Day 2012 celebration. The tree planting activity was conducted in Barangay Cagsao,
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| The mangrove reforestation site in Calabanga |
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| the volunteers in action |
The mangrove plantation in Barangay Cagsao,
Calabanga is probably the largest mangrove plantation site in the province. The
barangay has been managing the mangrove site for several years now and most of
the mangroves that have been planted a few years ago are now about a few meters
in height. The mangrove has a lot of benefits to the community. The mangroves help
to prevent coastal erosion by stabilizing soil and sediment and it also helps
in protecting the coastal community from the waves during storm surge. The
mangroves also serves as a spawning ground for many marine animals and this
could mean, the community will benefit from the increase numbers of fishes near
the mangrove ecosystem.
During the Earth Day event, hundreds of
people planted more than a thousand propagules or mangrove seedlings. I know a
few years from now, those mangroves that we’ve planted will soon became the
home for thousands of marine creatures and this will not only benefit the
community in Barangay Cagsao but it will also benefit everyone of us.
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