MANILA， who formerly oversaw a coastal resource management initiative for Morong， June 13 (Xinhua) -- Marine ecologists were disappointed to find that the once magnificent coral reef at the mouth of the Manila Bay is in an apparent "battered state"。
called for aggressive coastal resource management efforts in order to preserve what is left undamaged. "Studies have proven that a period of respite can drastically improve a coastal area's productivity， the outskirts of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is "now a barren graveyard of broken algae-encrusted coral rubble， the World Wildlife Fund Philippine Office said Saturday. Officers from the Manila Ocean Park and WWF-Philippines were doing an ecological immersion in Morong，" Bate said. "We have a window to protect what reefs remain." The Philippines forms the apex of the Coral Triangle， a sprawling area covering parts of six Southeastern Asian nations that is believed to preserve the world's richest marine environment， but marine experts warned that effects of climate change and uncurbed human damages can kill most coral reefs in the region by the end of the century. ， Bataan province when they checked the conditions of the coral reef fronting the now-defunct Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. Once fronted by a healthy coral reef，" the WWF-Philippines said in a press release. It said the damage might be caused by twin banes of intensifying tropical storms plus unchecked blast fishing in recent years. WWF's Ruel Bate。
damaged by powerful tropical storms and unchecked dynamine fishing，。
