Fossil fuel exploration is threatening an ever-expanding swath of the Coral Triangle, one of the most biodiverse marine areas in the world, a report said Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Issued to coincide with the UN's COP16 summit on biodiversity in Colombia, the report warned that expansion in oil, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Indo-Pacific region was putting at risk marine species and the communities that rely on them. Dubbed the "Amazon of the seas" for its species variety, the Coral Triangle covers over 10 million square kilometers (some 4 million square miles) in waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and the Solomon Islands.

Fossil fuel exploration threat to Coral Triangle - report. (2024, October 22). The Manila Times, pp. A1, A2.