Subproject Completion Report: Rizal Mangrove Rehabilitation Subproject

Rizal Mangrove Rehabilitation Subproject is located in the tidal mudflats and coastal waters of Mucielagos Bay within the municipalities of Rizal, Zamboanga del Norte and Sapang Dalalga Mabini and Balinagao, Misamis Occidental. The subproject covers parcels of inadequate stocked mangrove lands and open or denuded areas interspersed along the coast.

The project has provided regular employment not only to its members but also to non-members of the PO’s. They participated in plantation establishment, construction of infrastructure and livelihood projects.

The success of the project can be attributed to the unified efforts by the PO, LGU and the SUSIMO. The environmental awareness of the community has heightened to the extent that illegal cutting of mangrove and the conversion to fishponds in the province has decreased.