Conserving Pangandaran’s Coral Reefs

Hadiat is never tired of warning visitors who want to take home corals as souvenirs. The deed is in violation of Law No.5/1990 on the conservation of biological resources and their ecosystem.

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Hadiat Kelsaba

The tsunami that ravaged the shoreline of Pangandaran 16 years ago caused damage to coral reefs in the southern waters of West Java. Human behavior further worsened the destruction. Hadiat Kelsaba, 43, and his peers have made up for the damage through coral transplantation.