JAKARTA. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received the first-ever Valuing Nature Award in New York, the US, on Monday for establishing the Coral Triangle Initiative, the world’s richest marine biodiversity area that covers six countries. The award was given by the Nature Conservancy, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) at a dinner in New York. Coral Triangle Initiative – spanning from Malaysia to Solomon Islands – is a home to more than 75 percent of the world’s coral species and more than 37 percent of coral reef fish.
SBY receives award for marine conservation
JAKARTA. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received the first-ever Valuing Nature Award in New York, the US, on Monday for establishing the Coral Triangle Initiative, the world’s richest marine biodiversity area that covers six countries. The award was given by the Nature Conservancy, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) at a dinner in New York. Coral Triangle Initiative – spanning from Malaysia to Solomon Islands – is a home to more than 75 percent of the world’s coral species and more than 37 percent of coral reef fish.