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Article: Coral reefs may mitigate tsunami damage.
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- February 23, 2006
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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 February 2006-US DEPT OF STATE: Coral reefs may mitigate tsunami damage(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Given the critical role of coral reefs in providing food and livelihoods for millions of people, scientists rushed to complete an assessment of the coral reefs along those coastlines especially hard-hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. This report, entitled Status of Coral Reefs in Tsunami Affected Countries: 2005, was launched February 20, 2006 in Phuket, Thailand, in conjunction with the UNESCO-IOC/WESTPAC conference on Post-Disaster Assessment and Monitoring of Coastal Ecosystems. Funded in part by the United ...