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From Residents to Rangers: Local Communities Take Lead on Mangrove Conservation in Sri Lanka

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Inter Press Service News Agency

Publication Date
2015-06-18

KALPITIYA, Sri Lanka, Jun 17 2015 (IPS) - Weekends and public holidays are deadly for one of Sri Lanka’s most delicate ecosystems – that is when the island’s 8,815 hectares of mangroves come under threat.

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http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/06/from-residents-to-rangers-local-communities-take-lead-on-mangrove-conservation-in-sri-lanka/