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The Indonesian government strives to increase preservation of coral reefs in the globe coral triangle in Wakatobi of Southeast Sulawesi, regional media reported right here Monday.
The location had very wealthy range of coral reefs and had numerous all-natural resource potentials for billions of people, the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) spokesman Imran was quoted by the Antara news wire as saying.
Indonesian waters have one of the most diversity of coral reefs, namely 70 species with the world's 850 species.
"The Caribbean sea has only 50 coral reefs along with the Red Sea only 300," Imran said.
"The management and utilization of natural resources in Wakatobi waters in the center of planet coral triangle ought to contemplate the principles of sustainable use," Imran stated.
He mentioned that to support the management and utilization of all-natural resources in Wakatobi waters, the government of Indonesia via the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry would soon establish a Coral Reefs Conservation School in Wakatobi.
The school, the initial of this sort in ASEAN as well as in the world, was scheduled to be inaugurated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in conjunction using the opening of Sail Wakatobi- Balitung 2011 later.
The location had very wealthy range of coral reefs and had numerous all-natural resource potentials for billions of people, the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) spokesman Imran was quoted by the Antara news wire as saying.
Indonesian waters have one of the most diversity of coral reefs, namely 70 species with the world's 850 species.
"The Caribbean sea has only 50 coral reefs along with the Red Sea only 300," Imran said.
"The management and utilization of natural resources in Wakatobi waters in the center of planet coral triangle ought to contemplate the principles of sustainable use," Imran stated.
He mentioned that to support the management and utilization of all-natural resources in Wakatobi waters, the government of Indonesia via the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry would soon establish a Coral Reefs Conservation School in Wakatobi.
The school, the initial of this sort in ASEAN as well as in the world, was scheduled to be inaugurated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in conjunction using the opening of Sail Wakatobi- Balitung 2011 later.
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