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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) reported that the state of coral reefs in Indonesia in 2018, falling into the category of excellent categories, was 6.56% at 70 sites. This is based on the results of coral reef research and monitoring at 1,067 sites in Indonesia.
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"The activity of transmitting the status of Indonesian coral reefs is indeed exercised every year and is part of our responsibility as a director appointed by BIG for coral reefs, sigles and seagrbades," said the director of the LIPI Oceanography Research Institute Dirhamsyah in Widya Graha LIPI Seminar Room, South Jakarta, Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
The current state of coral reefs in Indonesia has changed compared to last year. The correct category is 245 or 22.96%, while the correct category is 366 or 34.3% and the wrong category is the percentage of 36.18% with the number of 386 sites.
Data are obtained from research and monitoring results of the LIPI Ocean Research Center over a 25-year period and are supported by data from other institutions. The measurements are based on living coral coverage percentage criteria, which is very good with coverage of 76 to 100%, good (51 to 75% coverage), sufficient (26 to 50% coverage) and poor (coverage from 0 to 25%).
"This activity is encouraged not only by the problem of LIPI's responsibility, but also by national needs," said Dirhamsyah. Researcher at the LIPI Oceanographic Research Center Giyanto explained that coral reefs are ecosystems built by limestone-producing marine biota, especially coral animals, as well as by other marine biota living on the seabed.
"On the 2018 map, based on data until 2017, several places are mapped, such as Nias whose health condition is poor because of the tsunami.The waters are also quite murky." A Wakatobi the percentage of coral coverage is good, "said Giyanto.
Mr. Giyanto added that coral reefs are of great economic value, but are vulnerable to damage and require a long and special treatment to be restored as before. The majority of coral damage, he said, is the result of nature, namely global climate change.
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