Coral bleaching prevention measures lifted, land reclamation projects given the go ahead

The Government has lifted restrictions on land reclamation and dredging which they issued earlier in an attempt to mitigate mass coral bleaching effects.

In a press release issued by the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy, they stated that a halt for one month on dredging, beach nourishment, taking sand through the use of pumps, laying cables and pipes over reefs and such work had been issued as a mitigation step against coral bleaching.