Oman’s environment ministry launches coral reef, beach cleaning campaign

Energy Monday 24/December/2018 11:53 AM
By: Times News Service
Oman’s environment ministry launches coral reef, beach cleaning campaign

Muscat: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (MECA) has launched a campaign to clean the beach and the coral reef of the Wilayat of Mirbat in Dhofar Governorate.

The cleaning campaign started on December 23 and will go on until December 25.
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In a statement online the Ministry said, “A group of divers in cooperation with the Ministry's divers are carrying out a campaign to clean the coral reefs. The campaign aims to emphasise the importance of preserving coral reefs from natural and human damage, which leads to deterioration and imbalance as it represents the most important natural habitats of many marine organisms."