One of China’s leading voices on the South China Sea rejects concerns Beijing’s island-building program has caused damage to tropical reefs, saying it will be “recoverable”.

is this true?
http://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/6990/

this topic has already been covered in a previous thread

http://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=http%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/835822/

please try harder in the future

diddly-squat said:

this topic has already been covered in a previous thread

http://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=http%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/835822/

please try harder in the future

I’ll get diddly squat out of you then? Not a skerrick of evidence?

Quick, rb! Bow down and kiss the ground! Duddles has spoken :P

kii said:

Quick, rb! Bow down and kiss the ground! Duddles has spoken :P

Already done. ;)

FWIW… I am not a marine biologist. The article quotes a coral reef specialist who says that the damage is irreparable. As he is a more neutral party in this issue than the government of the People’s Republic of China, we might consider that his opinion on the matter is more reliable.

If Australia had any damned sense we’d be building a military base atop the Banzare seamount to prepare for the collapse of the Antarctic treaty system.

dv said:

If Australia had any damned sense we’d be building a military base atop the Banzare seamount to prepare for the collapse of the Antarctic treaty system.

The what? Checks google maps. Half way between the Antarctic Davis station and Port-aux-francais.

PS. You do know that artificial islands ARE by definition reefs, I assume.

mollwollfumble said:

dv said:

If Australia had any damned sense we’d be building a military base atop the Banzare seamount to prepare for the collapse of the Antarctic treaty system.

The what? Checks google maps. Half way between the Antarctic Davis station and Port-aux-francais.

PS. You do know that artificial islands ARE by definition reefs, I assume.

They aren’t coral reefs…

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

dv said:

If Australia had any damned sense we’d be building a military base atop the Banzare seamount to prepare for the collapse of the Antarctic treaty system.

The what? Checks google maps. Half way between the Antarctic Davis station and Port-aux-francais.

PS. You do know that artificial islands ARE by definition reefs, I assume.

They aren’t coral reefs…

I’m inclined to agree that they aren’t coral reefs. Such things don’t occur overnight.