Sri Lanka, April 20 -- Thaala Bentota Resort by Browns Hotels & Resorts, in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Conservation, recently unveiled a conservation initiative aimed at safeguarding Bentota's vital mangrove ecosystem.

The programme aims to focus on the 'Ratha Milla' plant (Lumnitzeralittorea), a critically endangered true mangrove species native to Sri Lanka.

The Ratha Milla mangrove, previously thought to be limited to the Madu River Ramsar until recently, has now been rediscovered in the Bentota estuary and the Dedduwa lagoon area, with over 100 young plants aged between 10 to 20 years, where it was last recorded a century ago.

A series of informative signs were unveiled at the Bentota mangrove site on April 4th t...