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Mangroves, like rain forest, are invaluable and lasting biological assets of the tropics. Therefore mangroves must be protected as one of global heritages.

The Small Fishers Federation has already taken the initiatives in conservation and propagation of mangroves in Kiralakele and in Pambala lagoons in Sri Lanka. And also wider experience sharing has been made with the Mangrove conservation NGOs in Bay of Bengal region in Indian sub continent.

In the recent past The Small Fishers Federation has inaugurated Two Mangrove resource centers and Biological gardens as one in Kiralakele in Hambanthota District and other in Pambala in Puttalam District of Sri Lanka. From these centers to enable the scientists, school children, university students, fisher folk and other mangroves lovers to learn all about mangroves and its impact to increase fisheries production and reproduction capacity and also impact to bio-diversity in Global context.

I would like to place in record the support of Seacology Foundation in USA for the conservation of mangroves in Sri Lanka and also in the Tropics. And also indicate here the working partnership with South Asia Net work of Fisher folk Development, the Mangrove Experts in Free University of Belgium, University of Ruhuna and Mangrove Action Project, USA.