City Desk :
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Thursday said 45 percent corals of the Saint Martin’s Island have been bleached and the rest are likely to be damaged by 2045 if economic activities cannot be controlled. “Corals can be recovered through controlling economic activities unless all corals will be bleached to death and Saint Martin’s Islam will go under water,” she told a seminar of Jatiya Nagorik Committee titled “Environment, Climate and Politics in New Bangladesh” at Pani Bhaban in the capital.
Referring to an example of Thailand, Rizwana Hasan said only this year tourists have completely been banned in 11 coral islands in Thailand because 10-11 percent corals were bleached there.
“Thailand has many other corals islands. But Bangladesh has only one coral island. Thailand is controlling tourists in its most popular tourist spot Krabi Island and banned tourists as well. But we have not banned tourists,” she said.