As defined from the website Mangrove Watch Australia, a Mangrove is a tree, shrub, palm, or ground fern. It generally exceeds one half meter in height that normally grows above the sea level in the intertidal zone of marine coastal environments and estuarine margins.

But before the project reached its figure of 1,500 promulgates, it faced predicaments too. Whenthe Community Outreach Extension Officer Ronald Tomines paid an ocular visit to the mangrove plantation site in Barangay Sineguelasan, Maragondon, he noticed that the mangroves were not growing taller considering the length of time they had been planted.

He asked the caretakers of the plantation and the answer was that a typhoon hit the area, destroying a number of mangroves. They planted another batch of propagules to replace the damaged ones. That is why the mangroves have not reached the anticipated height

The Mangrove Planting is a continuous activity which started in 2013. Now that we’ve reached a milestone in planting,the COE Officer assured to continue the project after the governments have found another area to fill.