DENR mulls strategies for coral reef rehabilitation

Yap, Tara

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March 8, 2016

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Yap, Tara

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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas ( DENR- 6) is eyeing sustainable strategies by which degraded coral reefs off the coast of Boracay Island in Malay town, this province, may be effectively rehabilitated. “What Boracay needs to sustain its coastal marine resources is a change in policy directions that would properly manage the island’s fragile ecosystem,” said DENR- 6 Regional Director Jim Sampulna. Two separate assessments made by DENR-6 validated other independent studies that tourism-related activities such as diving and snorkeling have strongly contributed to coral bleaching, wherein corals turn white and then decay.

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Yap, T. (2016, March 8). DENR mulls strategies for coral reef rehabilitation. Manila Bulletin, p. 15.