"Coral reef are very important for our country ,as as it is located within *the*coral triangle area ,"Minister ofmaritime affair and fisheris fredy numberi told a prees conference during a symposium on coral reef management.
The quota system was recommended by the indonesiaan instof science [LIPI],Fredy said
it was reported that a piece of coral reef is sold for IDR 1,000 to IDR 3,000 while the replacment of the same coral reef would cost between RP5,000 to RP10,000.
It takes at least one year for a corl reef to grow by one centimeter.
A 2003 Johns Hopkins University study revealed indonesia's85,000-sguare -kilometer coral reef area ts a home to a third of the world's coral and quarter of its fish species.
Inndonesia has fallen victim to destructivefishing,unregualed tourism and climatic changes,as well as coral trading.Data from 414 reef monitoring stations in 2000 found that taht only six percent of indonesia's coral reefsare in excellent condition,while 24 percent arein good condition ,and 70 percent are only in a poor to fair condition.
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