Reposted by David E. Shellenberger
Singapore plans to merge several islands into a new “western island” for industrial development.
Conservationists warn the mega-project could bury up to 60% of the country’s remaining coral reefs, which serve as ecologically vital “mother” reefs.
Robin Hicks reports for #Mongabay.
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Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs
SINGAPORE — “For seven thousand years, Singapore has changed around these reefs,” says Debby Ng, a Singaporean biologist who studies the city-state’s shrinking coastlines of seagrasses, mangroves and…