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Article: Thailand to restore coral reefs damaged by tsunami
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 14, 2005
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Thailand to restore coral reefs damaged by tsunami
BANGKOK, JAN. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Thai government has launched a
project for volunteer divers to help revive coral reefs damaged in
the tsunami last month, reported the Thai News Agency on Friday.
A site survey conducted by government and private agencies to
evaluate damage to the coral reefs by the disaster found coral reefs
around the Similan Islands had been destroyed, according to Sita
Divari, deputy secretary-general to the prime minister.
The survey around the Similan Islands and nearby areas ...