MYANMAR’S Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has designated a new protected mangrove forest area in the southern state of Mon, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Thursday. The ministry designated 9,284 acres of land in the region’s Thaton township as a protected mangrove forest area, effective from Jan. 2, the report said. […]

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