SM Prime Costa Del Hamilo continues to preserve Hamilo Coast mangrove for environmental sustainability.
Hamilo Coast through its developer, SM Prime’s Costa Del Hamilo, Inc. safeguards a 20-hectare mangrove forest, the largest of its kind in Nasugbu, Batangas. Together with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines), Hamilo Coast continues to preserve over 50,000 mangrove trees to date as it remains committed to its advocacy for environmental and social sustainability. Hamilo Coast recognizes the important role that mangrove wetlands play. And through its developer, SM Prime’s Costa Del Hamilo, Inc., it safeguards a 20-hectare mangrove forest in Nasugbu, Batangas. Nasugbu, popularly known for its pristine white sand beach, now houses one of the Philippine largest mangrove plantation of its kind. Mangrove forests make up one of the most productive and biologically diverse ecosystems on earth. Mangroves come in a variety of sizes from shrubs to tall trees and grow in waterlogged soils of salt water. With their roots sticking up out of the mud, they generate nursery ha...