EPA, UN-Habitat and volunteers plant 300 mangrove saplings
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Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Since the project's inception, an increase in biodiversity has been observed, including marine crustaceans, coastal birds, and insects such as bees and butterflies during the plants' flowering season. Notably, today marked the recording and documentation of a rare insect species - the Dark-winged Groundling - which is found only in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Palestine. As of 2006, the species has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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