Bleached corals at Big Sister’s Island in 2016. - ST FILE
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): In the nation’s most ambitious reef restoration to date, 100,000 corals will be progressively planted and grown in Singapore’s waters from 2024 to beef up the biodiversity of the waters and also protect coastlines from waves and storms.
Over at least 10 years, baby corals, or coral fragments, will be reared in nurseries until they are large enough to be transplanted onto degraded reefs or new areas that can hold coral habitats.
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