Sri Lanka has become the first nation in the world to comprehensively protect all of its mangrove forests.
A scheme backed by the government will include alternative job training, replanting projects and microloans.
Mangroves are considered to be one of the world's most at-risk habitats, with more than half being lost or destroyed in the past century.
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Sri Lanka travel guide
Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Colombo, The West, The South, The Hill Country, The Ancient Cities, The East, Jaffna & the North, Understand & Survival chapters.
A scheme backed by the government will include alternative job training, replanting projects and microloans.
Mangroves are considered to be one of the world's most at-risk habitats, with more than half being lost or destroyed in the past century.
Download the eBook version of Lonely Planet's PDF Sri Lanka travel guide
Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Colombo, The West, The South, The Hill Country, The Ancient Cities, The East, Jaffna & the North, Understand & Survival chapters.
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