SINGAPORE: On Tuesday, December 10, the National Parks Board (NParks) announced plans to plant 100,000 corals, dubbed Singapore’s “most extensive coral restoration effort.” Over the next ten years and beyond, the goal of the 100k Corals Initiative is to plant corals in Singapore’s waterways.
Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration, first revealed the concept at last year’s 5th Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium.
According to NParks, this will significantly increase the resilience of coral ecosystems and reefs by scaling up current coral restoration initiatives.
According to a press statement issued by NParks on Tuesday, the program will also include the establishment of a new coral culture facility at the Marine Park Outreach and Education Centre on St. John’s Island.
Coral bleaching is also happening “a lot more frequently”, he said, pointing to the fourth global coral bleaching event, which is the second in the last decade. The minister said that Singapore has taken steps to conserve its coral reefs such as monitoring them for signs of coral bleaching.
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