International Scholarship Shores Up Coral Reefsu Future

A new scholarship initiative at The University of Queensland's Australasian Centre of Excellence will help protect coral reefs around South-East Asia and the Pacific for future generations. The Centre of Excellence, which is based at The University of Queensland's Centre for Marine Studies, this month welcomes 12 scholarship winners from Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Fiji, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines to study sustainable reef management. Chair of the Centre of Excellence, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg said coral reefs were integral to the survival to at least 100 million people, particularly in South-East Asia and the Pacific Islands, by providing food and employment...