Leyte mangrove forest

Residents and volunteers from Barangay Tagpuro, Tacloban City help plant more mangrove seedlings, ore of the programs initiated by various government agencies and private groups after super typhoon Yolanda lashed Eastern Visayas in 2013. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources also bared plans to plant at least 380,000 mangrove seedlings in a 46-hectare area in Cancabato Bay. (Restituto A. Cayubit|Manila Bulletin)