ComBank Supports Koggala Mangrove Restoration Project's Second Phase

A protective boundary of 3,750 mangrove saplings is to be planted around Kath Duwa, an island in the Koggala Lake, with the continued support of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon to the ‘Koggala Mangrove Restoration and Conservation Project’ of Wildlife and Ocean Resource Conservation (WORC) of Sri Lanka.

Phase 2 of this project follows the immense success of the first phase, during which the bank funded the planting of 2,000 mangrove plants,750 mangrove associates, and 500 terrestrial plants on this 13.5-acre island in Habaraduwa, which is situated close to ‘Madol Duwa,’ the island made famous by Martin Wickramasinghe’s novel of the same name. Phase 2seeks to prevent marsh-edge erosion and will continue to utilize the barrel planting method which proved efficiency in the first phase.