How much has coral reef mining for building the international runway contributed to this? With our planet’s coral reefs in danger of extinction by 2050, why is the U.S. government mining healthy reefs to use as building filler? Petitioners are calling for the U.S. Government to halt excavation of the healthy coral reefs that surround the Marshall Islands. Coral mining is taking place to provide building filler for the expansion of the Imata Kabua International Airport on Majuro. Coral reefs not only provide a habitat for over a million different species of marine life, but also act as essential off-shore barriers and wave breaks that protect beaches and coastal communities.. While many argue that seawalls should be built to protect low-lying areas from natural disasters, including tsunamis and flooding, this method is expensive and has adverse ecological effects. As sea levels are predicted to rise, and weather patterns become more extreme, it is ever more important to protect and restore some of the earth’s natural coastal defences that lie on the sea bed – our coral reefs. enn/press_releases/4140
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