480400 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.therepublic.com/2016/07/26/as-sri-lanka-protecting-mangroves/PAMBALA LAGOON, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s government and environmentalists are working to protect tens of thousands of acres of mangrove forests — the seawater-tolerant trees that help protect and build landmasses, absorb carbon from the environment and reduce the impact of natural disasters like tsunamis.Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:17:00 +0200therepublic-c22439035c86198caf8e2cd2633ee3aa20160726111700http://www.reuters.com/article/us-vanuatu-quake-idUSKCN1060TQ?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29SYDNEY Matt Siegel An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.0 struck about 73 km (45 miles) southeast of the tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey reported. The shallow temblor, which struck at a depth of just 10 kilometers, did not trigger a tsunami....Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:13:00 +0200reuters-d2404e1b5b054f433245e7f31f6a6b6720160726111300http://www.dailyjournal.net/2016/07/26/as-sri-lanka-protecting-mangroves/PAMBALA LAGOON, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s government and environmentalists are working to protect tens of thousands of acres of mangrove forests — the seawater-tolerant trees that help protect and build landmasses, absorb carbon from the environment and reduce the impact of natural disasters like tsunamis.Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:12:00 +0200dailyjournal-c22439035c86198caf8e2cd2633ee3aa20160726111200https://in.news.yahoo.com/sri-lanka-conserve-climate-friendly-mangroves-ecosystem-085740827.htmlIn this July 18, 2016 photo, Sri Lankan mangrove conservation workers carry mangrove saplings for planting in Kalpitiya, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's government and environmentalists are working to protect tens of thousands of acres of mangrove forests _....Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:10:00 +0200news-yahoo-in-fec9adb114be59e3a80709e95178ac4d20160726111000