The Maritime Affairs Coordinating Ministry of Indonesia announced on Friday that the coral reef damaged by a cruise ship in West Papua province, could take anywhere from 50-150 years to recover.
Coordinating minister for maritime affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that a joint survey revealed that almost 19,000 square meters of coral reef were damaged by cruise liner Caledonian Sky which ran aground in early March.
Last week, Arif Havas Oegroseno, deputy minister of the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs, said that the corals damaged could be classified into two. He explained that around 13,300 square metres suffered fatal damage, and the remaining 5,600 metres of coral had a 50-50 chance of dying.
