tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798110719563788595.post7533708781983441002..comments2023-10-24T07:29:08.159-07:00Comments on blooooooooooo: MPA's reply to the labrador issuepeizeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570100567045014713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798110719563788595.post-39423764362755693872008-01-13T02:36:00.000-08:002008-01-13T02:36:00.000-08:00when they move the coral and then move them back a...when they move the coral and then move them back again, they are assuming that corals can somehow rebound back without acknowledging that the percentage of successful transplant will be lower than 30%! since i am no local marine expert and just a sea monkey, obviously i don't have the figures for this but im sure even said local marine expert doesn't know for sure that this is 100% successful. mortality will be high.<BR/><BR/>i agree that labradors visibility is very low despite it being a nature reserve. must be the worst amongst all reserves. how depressingMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656957598868734650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798110719563788595.post-74592912403687114922008-01-12T01:34:00.000-08:002008-01-12T01:34:00.000-08:00Well said. The coral relocation project had good o...Well said. The coral relocation project had good objectives but having pre-emptive measures doesn't mean they can allow pollution to happen. Then pollution will just cloud (pun intended) the whole purpose of having the relocation. <BR/><BR/>And I don't think it's a problem of who's responsible, rather that everyone involved in the cofferdam project knows that there is damage done and yet no one has made a move to stop it. Same for the SP project. <BR/><BR/>And I'm not sure about Singaporean's sentimentality about Labrador. Besides pple already in the know through our blogs, how many people actually know we have such a nature reserve or have visited her in the first place. Think we still need to up Labrador's visibility.peizeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570100567045014713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798110719563788595.post-33511206603007487732008-01-07T06:59:00.000-08:002008-01-07T06:59:00.000-08:00Hehe, it's quite funny. "...local marine expert, P...Hehe, it's quite funny. "...local marine expert, Prof Chou.." reeks of copy+paste, or the person didn't see/recognise a certain "LM Chou in your letter. I roll me eyes.<BR/><BR/>We will never know who was really responsible for all that trash I'm sure. Anybody from the team leader, project head, organisation head.. could have been responsible. <BR/><BR/>My guess is that MPA is probably the last organisation that would even be in the know of it, seeing as how autonomously the project seemed to be operating. <BR/><BR/>I daren't doubt anybody's feeling of sentimentality toward our last rocky shore; we can't expect them to change their tune anytime soon -- but the only thing amiss in this whole fiasco is that nobody has nominated a scapegoat yet (or has to balls to own up).Lianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240032197612584021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798110719563788595.post-26979507075308991722008-01-05T08:02:00.000-08:002008-01-05T08:02:00.000-08:00Pre-emptive measures don't seem to measure up at a...Pre-emptive measures don't seem to measure up at all if conditions have been left to escalate to this point of pollution. Now then remove debris? I wish there is external audit to the 20 million dollars spent in a conservation project when it seemed that accumulation of the debris point only to neglect by all active parties involved. And we the public won't have known how circumstances have fallen into this mess if not for normal folks who chanced upon it, reported it and started asking important questions.Joe Laihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092452110305479856noreply@blogger.com