the winner of the World's Best School Award for Environmental Action from Philippine

Bonuan Buquig State High School (SMA) in Dagupan City, Philippines was named the winner of the World's Best School Award for Environmental Action. The school is carrying out restoration of damaged mangrove forests.
The World's Five Best School Awards were held this year by T4 Education in partnership with Accenture and American Express. The five best schools in the world are in the fields of Community Collaboration, Environmental Action, Innovation, Overcoming Adversity, and Supporting Healthy Living.
Bonuan Buquig Public High School was selected as the winner of the World's Best School Award for Environmental Action from among the top 3 finalists for the category. Other finalists are the Green School Bali in Indonesia, which has made environmentalism an integral part of the structure of the school itself through a number of initiatives from the bio bus to composting toilets, and the International School of Zug and Luzern in Switzerland.
Meanwhile, Head of Corporate Sustainability at American Express madge Thomas congratulated Bonuan Buquig State High School for the fantastic achievement that had been achieved.

Bonuan Buquig Public High School is a public high school in Dagupan City, Philippines replanting damaged mangrove forests to repair environmental damage that has affected its students, most of whom live near added areas and coastal areas.
In 2009, Typhoon Pepeng flooded two-thirds of Dagupan City. Ponds, rice fields and other industries in this community suffered heavy damage. The City Government of Dagupan, aware of its geographical challenges on land that is only one meter above sea level, began dredging the river to reduce the impact of flooding, but the results were not as expected.
As a result, the mangrove forest dies, and the river is exposed to the sun's rays and makes living things in the aquatic ecosystem die. Fish, crabs and shellfish disappeared from the river. In fact, the students and their families rely on fish caught for food. With the loss of their main source of income, many students skip school because they have to work to support their families.
Bonuan Buquig State High School is taking action to support its students and save the local environment. Mobilizing more than a hundred volunteers, the school plants thousands of mangrove seedlings every year and creates new habitats and shelters for fish. As a result, the mangrove forests along the banks of the Longos river are now almost restored and stabilized.