Rapid depletion of mangrove forest
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The Environmental Conservation and Forestry Ministry is toughening actions to conserve mangrove swamps in cooperation with respective organisations following the rapid depletion, said an official.
The official who asked not to be named said that the pace of depletion was fast compared to previous years.
“Myanmar is now at the seventh in the world’s dense mangrove forest ranking,” he said.
There are a total of about 5,000 square kilometers of mangrove forest areas and most of mangrove forests are in Kyungyan Kone and Letkoat Kone Townships in Yangon Region, Rakhine State as well as Ayeyawady and Tanintharyi Regions.
