Coral Reef in Danger - Jan Thiel, Curacao - part 1

The coral reef at Jan Thiel-Sorsaka in Curaçao is healthy, highly developed and of an exceptional beauty. Magnificent stands of endangered Elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and Staghorn Coral (A. cervicornis, with some of the Elkhorn corals not 10 ft from the rocky shore. Large mountaineous star corals and forests of soft corals. A conservation zone, but under threat of a large hotel development plan, with the government intending to overturn the conservation status. Take a look at what will surely be lost if these plans are not stopped. This is part 1, continued in part 2.

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• reefs
• Curacao
• threatened
• development
• endangered
• species
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• Jan
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[Juscz]

Very nice video of a Caribbean reef... though I did not see any elkhorn coral in this video... thanks for posting!

[twasbrillig33]

The government should be overturned instead,and the developers strapped to concrete blocks and dropped into the water to make more reef lol. But that goes without saying. Thanks for the effort, best wishes.