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Thailand closes dive sites over coral bleaching crisis [1]

Thailand has shut down 10 popular diving sites in a bid to slow a coral bleaching crisis, an official said Thursday, in a rare move to shun tourism profits to protect the environment.

Publication Date: 
27/05/2016
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Water Resources [3], Corals [4], Thailand [5], Water Quality [6], Marine Pollution [7], Marine Ecosystems [8]

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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems