UNION Minister for Natural
Resources and Environmental Conservation U Ohn Win inspected a mangrove forest
conservation near Latkokkon Village in Kungyangon Township, Yangon Region,
yesterday.
The conservation is jointly carried
out by the Forest Department of the ministry and Norway-based Worldview International
Foundation.
Before visiting to the site, the
Union minister met with officials and experts of the project and discussed the
conservation activities including planting mangrove trees in the township and
future plans in Mon State, and Yangon, Bago and Ayeyawady Regions.
At the meeting, Union Minister U
Ohn Win gave advises on planting species which are suitable to the nature of
mangrove forests, stressing the need of mangrove conservation at the coastal
areas of Myanmar. Following the meeting, he visited the mangrove forest
reserve.
MNA
(Translated by Kyaw Zin
Lin)
Ref; The Global New
Light of Myanmar
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