Corals planted to protect marine ecosystem in Hainan, China
STORY: Corals planted to protect marine ecosystem in Hainan, China
DATELINE: June 8, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:24
LOCATION: HAIKOU, China
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Boundary Island
2. various of researchers growing and transplanting corals
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU ZHONGJIE, Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI YUANCHAO, Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences
STORYLINE:
Chinese researchers have been growing and transplanting corals to restore the coral reef ecosystem in Boundary Island in the southernmost Hainan Province.
SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU ZHONGJIE, Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences
"Due to the impact of climate change and human activities, the coral reef ecosystem was degraded. The coral coverage continued to decline. We started to monitor coral reef ecology in 2004, and began to plant corals on Boundary Island in 2015."
Studies show that China has lost over 80 percent of its coral reefs in the past 30 years. In the S
- Product Code
- ILEA000975071
- Registered date
- 2022/6/08 00:00:00
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- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
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- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
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