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Philippines: DENR promotes bamboos for natural disaster prevention

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In Eastern Visayas, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is promoting bamboo cultivation by local government units in areas that have been tagged by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) as landslide-prone, reports the PIA.

This is the only tree variety that is best suited to plant along river banks in order to mitigate landslides, DENR regional technical director Manolito Ragub informed.

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Hazards Landslide
Themes Environment and ecosystems Disaster risk management
Country and region Philippines
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