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Special project to restore Hikkaduwa reef

A special project to restore the devastated coral reef of Hikkaduwa National Park has been launched by the Wildlife Conservation Department.


Divers with transplanted corals on concrete moulds before the commencement of their underwater mission of restoration of the devastated coral reef of Hikkaduwa National Marine Sanctuary. Picture by Mahinda P Liyanage, Galle Daily News correspondent

The department thoughtful of the impending threat posed to the survival of the marine wildlife sanctuary, carried out a series of researches, ahead of initiating the project.

The Hikkaduwa National Park, one of the two marine national parks in Sri Lanka is globally acclaimed as a nature reserve with a rich coral reef and biodiversity.

The reef in the recent past suffered a high degree of degradation due to both natural and human activities.

The coral bleaching in 1988 induced by El Nino and the direct impact of the Boxing Day tsunami aggravated the degradation of the coral reef.

Under the initial phase of the restoration project, the department plans to re-plant corals over an extent of 1,000 sq. ft of the marine park, using a Philippine technique which has proved to be quite successful. Wildlife officers have made arrangements to deposit 700 concrete moulds with corals transplanted on them on the sea bed.

With the passage of time the tender corals on concrete moulds would grow with accumulation of further corals on them.

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