Name: China-Backed Bridge Poses Risk to Paradise Reef in Southern Philippines
Uploaded: 2023-04-06T13:03:38+08:00
Channel: Bong S. Sarmiento
Description: Samal Island, a popular tourist destination near Davao City in the southern Philippines, is fringed by a 300-meter (980-foot) coral system known as Paradise Reef, which hosts more than 100 coral species. A plan to build a bridge linking Davao to Samal threatens to destroy the reef, scientists and conservationists warn. Campaigners in the area

Bong S. Sarmiento

Bong S. Sarmiento is a journalist based in the southern Philippines.

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China-Backed Bridge Poses Risk to Paradise Reef in Southern Philippines

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