Banacon Island Mangrove planting

banacon mangrove plantation is the biggest in south east asia.

Upang matugunan ang lumalalang epekto ng pagbabago ng panahon o climate change, puspusan ngayon ang pagtatanim ng magrove o "bakaun" sa Bohol.

Ang panawagan ay kasunod na rin ng deklarasyon ng pamahalaan ang November 19 -25 bilang Climate Change Consciousness Week.

kabilang sa mga tumulong ay ang mga tauhan ng Kanepackage, isang japanese private company na nagtanim ng mangrove trees sa Banacon island sa bohol noong Nov. 27, 2011.

Matatagpuan sa banacon island ang the biggest mangrove plantation sa buong timog-silangang asya.

May 425 hectares ito at 15 hectares lamang ang dry land at 410 hectares na may mangrove plantation on the tidal flat area.

Notes:
1. Banacon is recognized for its extensive mangrove plantations with scenic trails beneath overlapping mature mangroves that make every passionate photographer drool at the awesome canopy this intertwining of bakauans has created.
2. Magroves are efficient to sieve that screens off garbage and preventing these from being washed out to pollute seawaters.
3. Mangroves also slow down tidal water to a point where its sediments are deposited as the tide comes in, leaving all except fine particles when the tide ebbs, building their own environment.
4. One such species, referred to as bakauan in the dialect, live in inter-tidal areas which are inundated daily by the tides, adapting to brackish water conditions and are salt-tolerant. These trees grow tall, with their roots holding them up in soft mud, helping them to breathe. The trees look physically attractive, with their roots emerging from their branches.
5. Mangroves are the biggest and most productive sources of food for coastal communities but studies in the past decade reveal that some estimated 150,000 hectares (370,050 acres) of mangroves per year or about 1% per annum of mangrove forests are lost, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
6. "bakauan" (Rhizophora Stylosa), the most common mangrove specie found in the river systems, estuaries and off-shore islands of the Bohol province.

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