More than 75 members of 32 organizations participated in a coral planting event, which was held on Bunaken Island on Saturday.

Aimed to restore the island’s coral reef ecosystem, the event was held to celebrate Youth Pledge Day and the 27th anniversary of Bunaken being declared a national park.

The event was held in cooperation with the Bunaken National Park Agency, the government, Manado city administration, Bunaken Island Subprecinct Police (Polsek), dive centers, village supervisory non-commissioned officers (Babinsa), voluntary organizations (LSM), higher education institutions and the public. 

As reported by KompasTravel (https://travel.kompas.com/read/2018/10/29/081600527/rayakan-sumpah-pemuda-tn-bunaken-lakukan-penanaman-karang-massal), the coral planting utilized a coral asexual restoration method and transplanting baby corals to natural dead coral substrate. 

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The locations included Fukui, Alban and the Tawara dive spot. 

In a statement, Bunaken National Park Agency head Farianna Prabandari encouraged all parties to commit themselves and work together to preserve the marine environment and help restore the ecosystem.

"This event is also meant to educate people about the environment, so that they can better enjoy it," she said. (iru/kes)

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