Satellite imagery shows that between 2012 to 2016, more than 500 hectares of the Scarborough Shoal had been destroyed by
Chinese activities in the West Philippine Sea, a state university professor said in a forum organized by the Stratbase ADR Institute.
Batongbacal said there is a need to quantify and valuate the total amount of losses due to these coral destructions. “Another reason for coral destruction is the maritime militia anchoring on pristine reefs. You do not anchor on coral reefs in massive numbers without causing some kind of destruction,” Batongbacal added.
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