News Category: Thailand
- One Year On –Tsunami Effects, Maldives Reefs
- 23 December 2005
- Marine biologists from the UK-based Marine Conservation Society (MCS) collaborating with the liveaboard dive operator Maldives Scuba Tours (MST) have found out that the coral reefs of the Maldives have been little affected by the tsunami wave of Boxing Day...
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- Tsunami-ravaged reefs best left to recover unaided
- 13 May 2005
- The best way to regenerate the scores of Asian coral reefs battered by the devastating tsunami of December 2004 is simple, say conservation bodies - leave them alone. A new advisory report, commissioned by the World Bank, argues that governments...
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- Coral reefs safe
- 18 April 2005
- Coral buffeted by the Indian Ocean tsunami in December last year withstood the onslaught, according to an investigation of reefs in the Andaman Sea. The discovery contradicts anecdotal reports suggesting that the region's reefs had been decimated by the disaster....
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- Coral reefs survive tsunami relatively unscathed, report finds..
- 15 April 2005
- According to an assessment released last week by Coral Cay Conservation -- an not-for-profit organization based in London -- coral reefs (more) suffered only minimal damage from last December's Indian Ocean tsunami. The study found that, at worst, only 8%...
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- Post- Tsunami Impact Assessment Reports
- 06 April 2005
- The following reports are now available for download. i)The Impact of the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on the Coral Reef Resources of Mu Ko Surin Marine National Park, Thailand. ii) The Coral Reef Resources of Mu Ko Surin National Park, Thailand.
- Categories: Coral Reefs, Thailand
- Celebrity Conservationist Visits Thailand
- 17 March 2005
- David Bellamy Assists with Post-Tsunami Environmental Rehabilitation Broadcaster and conservationist, Professor David Bellamy OBE, will visit Bangkok next week (21-24 March 2005) to present the findings of a British-Thai research mission to assess the impact of the December 2004...
- Categories: General News, Thailand
- 2004 Tsunami Disaster- CCC gives technical assistance to Thai government
- 21 February 2005
- A group of top marine biologists from the award-winning British coral reef conservation group, Coral Cay Conservation, have been deployed by the Government of Thailand to assess the impact of the December 2004 tsunami on their coral reefs. The mission,...
- Categories: General News, Thailand
