CEBU, PHILIPPINES - The sky was gloomy, but it was a bright day for Filipino fans of One Direction as they planted about 5,000 mangrove seedlings in the village of Bonbon, in Cebu Province during a recent A1D: Mangroves for Mankind event. The mangrove planting took place on 24 January 2015 in the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, the largest protected area in the Philippines. Eleven members from 1DPH came from Manila, Cebu, and Iloilo and joined 150 local partners from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), people's organizations, and the local government of Aloguinsan.