Fixing Phuket’s coral. Restoration projects around Phuket

By Tanutam Thawan

 

International volunteers and Thai workers from the DMCR (Department of Marine and Coastal Resources - Phuket Office) worked together to help in the regeneration of coral around Phuket.

 

PHUKET: -- For the past few years the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources – Phuket Office has been working on the construction and installation of artificial reefs around the island. Two main areas have been selected, Koh Racha Yai (Bay3) and Koh Mai Thon.

 

The project consists of placing construction blocks on the seabed in order to provide ‘pads’ on which broken living corals are planted.

 

This year the DCMR invited some volunteers to join the project.

 

Full story: https://www.phuketgazette.net/news/fixing-phukets-coral-restoration-projects-around-phuket

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2017-08-30

Great! Make a nice coralreef there please.

 

What about the old train or plane they dumped in the sea to become a reef? Is it looking good already?

2 hours ago, Thian said:

Great! Make a nice coralreef there please.

 

What about the old train or plane they dumped in the sea to become a reef? Is it looking good already?

That was a project that never stood a chance.

Most people must know by now that the most effective way to go is to protect what is already there.

Reefs forests and so on.

 

I'm not against construction of new reefs I strongly support it.

But if not enough is made to protect existing reefs the net result will still be less reefs.

 

Doing things right is great, doing the right thing is greater.