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Title: Trees in Kuala Gula
Date: 08-Feb-2010
Category: Forest and Wetland Conservation Programme
Source/Author: Plant for the Planet

The SMK Teloi Kanan School in Kuala Ketil, Malaysia is planting mangroves for Plant-for-the-Planet.

 The school's project began in 2006 when they participated in  the UNEP Billion Tree Campaign, and continues today. The trees are being planted in Kuala Gula.

Kuala Gula forms a part of the Matang Forest Reserve, which is one of the few remaining vast stretch of tidal mud flats and mangroves. Fishing is an important economic activity to the local community. Kuala Gula itself is a fishing village on its own, supplying fresh cockles, crabs, shrimps and fishes.

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