Coral Reef in Danger – Jan Thiel, Curacao – part 1

August 3rd, 2009

The coral reef at Jan Thiel-Sorsaka in Curaçao is healthy, highly developed and of an exceptional beauty. Magnificent stands of endangered Elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and Staghorn Coral (A. cervicornis, with some of the Elkhorn corals not 10 ft from the rocky shore. Large mountaineous star corals and forests of soft corals. A conservation zone, but under threat of a large hotel development plan, with the government intending to overturn the conservation status. Take a look at what will surely be lost if these plans are not stopped. This is part 1, continued in part 2.

Filed under: Curaçao, The Caribbean is dying