Only 30 Percent of Coral Reefs in Good Condition
MANADO, KOMPAS.com - The condition of coral reefs in Indonesia is quite critical due to damage in a number of central and eastern Indonesia. In fact, most coral reefs in Indonesia, which reached 60,000 square kilometers located in the two regions.
This was revealed in the Coral Triangle Workshop in Manado, North Sulawesi, Thursday (04/12/2012). Activities performed by the Bunaken National Park was followed by a number of observers terumbuh corals from a number of areas in eastern Indonesia.
Ari Rondonuwu of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sam Ratulangi University, which launched the data Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), said only 30 percent of coral reefs in good condition, 37 percent in a state of being, and 33 percent severely damaged.
Coral reef monitoring carried out in 77 regions spread from Sabang to Raja Ampat Islands. "These data are worrisome given the position of Indonesia as a leader of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) of the six countries that have coral reefs," said Ari. Six CTI member countries are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste. CTI secretariat is located in Manado.
Most of the world's coral reefs, about 55 percent, found in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Pacific Islanders, 30 percent in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea; 14 percent in the Caribbean, and 1 percent in the North Atlantic.
Meyti Mondong of Conservation International Indonesia revealed that coral reef damage done by unscrupulous residents of coastal fishing using bombs and potassium. This is evident in many areas in eastern Indonesia.
He also mentioned the coastal and marine areas in Raja Ampat face the threat of land activities less attention to the marine ecosystem. A number of island ring roads and ports are not sufficient to provide the green line as a buffer sediment into the sea.
According Meity, needed a solution to put a halt damage to coral reefs by increasing surveillance at sea and the constant socialization of coastal residents about the importance of coral reefs in human life.
As a function of coral reefs are home and breeding grounds and feeding thousands of species of fish, animals and marine plants. Coral reefs are also a protective coastal ecosystems since it will hold and break up wave energy so as to prevent the occurrence of abrasion and damage in the vicinity.
It is estimated that each healthy coral reef can produce 25 tons of fish per year. About 300 million people worldwide depend on a living coral reef.
MANADO, KOMPAS.com - The condition of coral reefs in Indonesia is quite critical due to damage in a number of central and eastern Indonesia. In fact, most coral reefs in Indonesia, which reached 60,000 square kilometers located in the two regions.
This was revealed in the Coral Triangle Workshop in Manado, North Sulawesi, Thursday (04/12/2012). Activities performed by the Bunaken National Park was followed by a number of observers terumbuh corals from a number of areas in eastern Indonesia.
Ari Rondonuwu of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sam Ratulangi University, which launched the data Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), said only 30 percent of coral reefs in good condition, 37 percent in a state of being, and 33 percent severely damaged.
Coral reef monitoring carried out in 77 regions spread from Sabang to Raja Ampat Islands. "These data are worrisome given the position of Indonesia as a leader of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) of the six countries that have coral reefs," said Ari. Six CTI member countries are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste. CTI secretariat is located in Manado.
Most of the world's coral reefs, about 55 percent, found in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Pacific Islanders, 30 percent in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea; 14 percent in the Caribbean, and 1 percent in the North Atlantic.
Meyti Mondong of Conservation International Indonesia revealed that coral reef damage done by unscrupulous residents of coastal fishing using bombs and potassium. This is evident in many areas in eastern Indonesia.
He also mentioned the coastal and marine areas in Raja Ampat face the threat of land activities less attention to the marine ecosystem. A number of island ring roads and ports are not sufficient to provide the green line as a buffer sediment into the sea.
According Meity, needed a solution to put a halt damage to coral reefs by increasing surveillance at sea and the constant socialization of coastal residents about the importance of coral reefs in human life.
As a function of coral reefs are home and breeding grounds and feeding thousands of species of fish, animals and marine plants. Coral reefs are also a protective coastal ecosystems since it will hold and break up wave energy so as to prevent the occurrence of abrasion and damage in the vicinity.
It is estimated that each healthy coral reef can produce 25 tons of fish per year. About 300 million people worldwide depend on a living coral reef.
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