S'pore Unveils First Coral Nursery To Conserve Underwater Habitat
July 31, 2007 @ 06:23 AM (EST)
Source: Channelnewsasia.com
Singapore now has a coral nursery.
It is located on the shores off Semakau Island on Singapore's southern coast.
Its aim is to conserve and grow the country's natural corals.
It is estimated that three-fifths of Singapore's reefs off its southern coast have been lost over the past 200 years because of rapid economic growth.
So a two-year conservation effort is trying to reverse that effect...
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