Laguna Phuket plants more trees
Popular Asian resort Laguna Phuket recently marked the 12th year of its greening the community initiative by planting 3,000 mangrove saplings at Baan Thasak Village in Paklog, a subdistrict of the Thalang area inPhuket.
Laguna Phuket’s senior assistant vice president service Anthony Loh led more than 150 volunteers, a combination of the resort’s associates, schoolchildren, community members and government officials in the planting activity and also released 250 live mud crabs and blue crabs to conserve the village’s mangrove ecosystem.
Supported by the initiative’s strategic partners such as Marine and Coastal Preserving Group (Paklog), Mangrove Station 23 (Phuket) and Station 21 (PhangNga), this annual tree planting event is a part of the resort’s initiative that aims to raise awareness of global warming, help build greener communities and inspire the next generation of environmentalists.
To date, Laguna Phuket has planted nearly 30,000 trees in Phuket and neighbouring provinces, with more than 1,300 associates and 700 community members participating in the activity since 2007.
Aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in climate action, life below water and life on land, “Greening Community” activity is one of many initiatives set up by Laguna Phuket to support its wider goal in environment preservation.
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For more information about the UNSDGs, visit sustainabledevelopment.un.org
