Importance of coral reefs
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The World Resources Institute has predicted that by 2030, over 90 percent of the country's coral reef will be threatened. Destructive fishing, coastal development, agriculture, aquaculture, and lack of treatment for industrial waters arethe culprits of the massive degradation of these resources
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Yap, J. P., Jr. (2016, March 7). Importance of coral reefs. Panay News, p. 12.
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