The status of coral reefs in Vietnam Sea Region : comparison commercial & traditional transplantation methods to coral rehabilitation : based on case studies in Okinawa (Japan) and Nha Trang bay (Vietnam)
Pham Lan, Chi (2021)
Pham Lan, Chi
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021092418043
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In recent years, with the rapid development of technology and industry, the modernization and industrialization of people have greatly affected the natural living environment. As a result, environmental and climate conditions are changing markedly, which is gradually becoming the most noticeable issue today. Many environmental changes are causing people to look back: The coral reefs in the world are disappearing. The disappearance of coral reefs leads to consequences affecting the ecosystem. In an effort to restore the coral reefs, many transplantation method have been applied. The main purpose of this thesis is to create a literature review and conduct a comparison between two coral transplantation methods: the traditional and the commercial way. By analyzing the two case studies in Nha Trang bay (Vietnam) and Okinawa (Japan), the comparison was made based on a SWOT analysis and 4 different criteria: Effectiveness, Time efficiency, Cost and Social impact.
The results that the traditional transplantation method has outstanding performance in effectiveness since the research base provides it an opportunity to track and modify the condition for coral fragments. However, with three other criteria, the commercial way has proved its great progress in time efficiency, cost effectiveness and high social impact.
In conclusion, these two transplantation methods with different in operation and funding ways have both pros and cons. Nevertheless, the commercial transplantation method has proved to be feasible as a coral restoration solution for a sustainable future. Although commercializing coral transplantation in Vietnam sea region is promising, there are many challenges that need to be identified and resolved, especially in manging the private associations from exploiting coral and educating people in coral protection. For further understanding and improvement of commercial transplantation, extra experiences and studied need to be conducted in the future.
The results that the traditional transplantation method has outstanding performance in effectiveness since the research base provides it an opportunity to track and modify the condition for coral fragments. However, with three other criteria, the commercial way has proved its great progress in time efficiency, cost effectiveness and high social impact.
In conclusion, these two transplantation methods with different in operation and funding ways have both pros and cons. Nevertheless, the commercial transplantation method has proved to be feasible as a coral restoration solution for a sustainable future. Although commercializing coral transplantation in Vietnam sea region is promising, there are many challenges that need to be identified and resolved, especially in manging the private associations from exploiting coral and educating people in coral protection. For further understanding and improvement of commercial transplantation, extra experiences and studied need to be conducted in the future.