Sri Lanka wields mangroves, its tsunami shield, against climate change

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Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 08:24 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Sept 23 (Mongabay) KOGGALA/UNAWATUNA, Sri Lanka - About 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, lies the coastal town of Koggala, named after a picturesque lake and identified with author Martin Wickremasinghe, who lived there and wrote his famous children's novel Madol Doowa (The Island of Mangroves) after one of the eight ecologically rich islets that dot the estuary lagoon.

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