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AFP: A plan to reclaim land on Manila Bay is ruffling feathers, with conservationists warning the project would destroy one of the Philippine capital's last nature reserves and bird sanctuaries.
Salt marshes, tidal areas and three mangrove-clad islands that make up the 175-hectare (432-acre) zone are a home or a resting spot for dozens of bird species, including the globally-threatened Philippine duck and Chinese egret.
In a sprawling megacity of more than 12 million people that has seen decades......
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Philippine bird sanctuary under threat
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 23rd, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation