The Navy plants more mangroves to help protect coastal saline

The Sri Lanka Navy has been making a significant contribution to the protection of Sri Lanka's marine and terrestrial ecosystems. As part of its initiative to expand mangrove ecosystems, a mangrove plantation programme was conducted in the Northern Naval Command today (25^th January 2020).

The programme saw plantation of 1200 mangrove plants which are extremely productive ecosystems that provide numerous benefits to the marine environment. Under the directives of Deputy Chief of Staff and Commander Northern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera, a large group of naval personnel form SLNS Elara, Uththara and Agbo in the Northern Naval Command took part in this programme.

Apart from the mangrove conservation projects, the Navy has been conducting a wide range of other projects such as beach cleaning, turtle conservation, bio-gas production and coral conservation which make a significant contribution to the protection of the marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the country. These projects are steaming ahead under the direct supervision of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva.