Woman steps up awareness on need to do more coral planting

A close-up of one of the coral colonies.

KOTA KINABALU: Coral propagation or coral planting is an environmental initiative that is slowly gaining quite a momentum among visitors as well as the youths here.

Monica Chin, the only female Sabahan that is licensed to teach and certify coral propagation in the state, said that a few years back, this was not something of interest among the public, let alone the youths.Restoring nature: A visitor learning about coral propagation; — Coral photos courtesy of Anuar Abdullah