Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the mangrove forests of Eastern Samar in 2013. A decade later, communities in Quinapondan are rebuilding them, one seedling at a time.
Since 2015, local associations backed by Oxfam and PRRM have planted more than 20,000 mangrove seedlings, with bamboo walkways built to help communities navigate and monitor the recovering forest. The Bantay Kalikasan program keeps it standing.
Mangroves don’t just store carbon. They are the reason communities survive the next storm.
What would it take to scale community-based mangrove protection programs across Eastern Visayas?
📷Dondon Agaton, PRRM
