The Earth Day commemoration on April 22 will be held together with International coral reef day in Buleleng and will be held in Bondalem village beach through mass action of local community to transplant coral reef in the seabed.
The local community of Bondalem village had been conserving the coral reef in the several waters near the village since 2002. The village leader said that the moment of Earth Day should use to increase people's awareness to save coral reef.
The leader said that the long efforts had been fruitious with the growing of coral reef had grown into 40 percent and they have a coastal area that protected.
To anticipate coral reef damage, the Bondalem village had special forces about 6 people to monitor and secure the coral reef condition. Along with Reef Check Foundation, to train those 6 people to dive and save the coral reef from human, because coral reed has important role to the marine biohabitat.
To commemorate the Earth Day and Coral Reef Day, the activities will not only the transplant of coral reef but also to clean the beach from garbage.
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