Oman- MECA plants 1,000 mangrove seedlings in Al Wusta

2019-07-20 12:13:16

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat -

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (MECA) has planted 1,000 mangrove seedlings in the wilayat of Al Jaser in Al Wusta governorate.

The ministry started a mangrove plantation project in Khor Ghawi in the wilayat of Al Jaser in March 2005. The ministry has achieved 95 per cent of the cultivation of trees there. MECA stated that average height of the trees there had reached about 5m. Migratory sea birds have been sighted there.

The ministry has already planted about 681,000 saplings in various coastal areas of the sultanate. The ministry also opened four nurseries to produce mangrove seedlings. Two of them are in Qurum Nature Reserve in Muscat, while others are in Khor Batah in Sur in South Batinah and in Qurm Grand Reserve in Salalah in Dhofar governorate.

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