Inspiring place: Zulkifli (right) and Ilias strolling through the the Mangrove Forest Education Centre. — Photos by LIM BENG TATT/ The Star.
NIBONG TEBAL: Over 100ha of mangrove forests in Penang – almost equal to 60 football fields – has allegedly been destroyed to make way for development.
This in turn has driven coastal marine species towards extinction and exposed the local community to rising sea levels, said Inshore Fishermen Welfare Association (Pifwa) president Ilias Shafie.
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