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Philippines Plans Mangrove Forest to Protect Coasts Storms
2013-11-27 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: The Philippines has firmed up plans to develop a mangrove forest along the eastern seaboard of two islands hit hardest by Typhoon Haiyan to act as a first-line of defense again the impact of future storms. Haiyan is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, and the deadliest to hit the Philippines in modern history. It's gale-force winds whipped up a wall of water that rose to more than 15-feet, wiping out whole villages and cities, displacing millions of people and claiming the lives...
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