The mangrove forest that could, but ...

An aerial view of the fisherman jetty (bottom right) at Sungai Tembus in Penaga that cut through Penaga mangrove forest in the north west of Seberang Perai Utara.

KEPALA BATAS: Twenty years ago, the coastal mangrove forest at the border of Kedah and mainland Penang was only 200ha.

Now, against the tide of development, the forest has swelled to 600ha.