{"id":6481,"date":"2026-06-18T11:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2026-06-18T11:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:12:26","slug":"restoring-mangroves-natures-frontline-defenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/restoring-mangroves-natures-frontline-defenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring Mangroves &#8211; Nature\u2019s Frontline Defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Following World Nature Conservation Day on 28th July 2025, the Inner Wheel Serendib eClub is working towards restoring what once protected us \u2013 one mangrove at a time. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf31\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t69\/1\/16\/1f331.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf0d\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t3f\/1\/16\/1f30d.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mangroves are nature\u2019s frontline defenders \u2013 protecting our coasts, nurturing biodiversity, and storing carbon to fight climate change. Yet much of this vital ecosystem has already been lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the awareness efforts, the Inner Wheel Serendib eClub is highlighting options for reforestation in Sri Lanka \u2013 with EcoMatcher being one easy way forward. They take care of the planting and long-term maintenance, while giving you the tools to track your mangrove\u2019s growth and impact digitally, backed by their global reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join hands with the Inner Wheel Serendib eClub&#8217;s efforts as they work together to protect what protects us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=315&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fiwdistrict322%2Fvideos%2F806076181874989%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"430\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Following World Nature Conservation Day on 28th July 2025, the Inner Wheel Serendib eClub is working towards restoring what once protected us \u2013 one mangrove at a time. Mangroves are nature\u2019s frontline defenders \u2013 protecting our coasts, nurturing biodiversity, and storing carbon to fight climate change. Yet much of this vital ecosystem has already been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-serendib-eclub"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6482,"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions\/6482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerwheel.lk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}