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Philippines denies South China Sea damage claims, says ‘China’ caused coral damage

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Philippines rejected China’s accusation on Tuesday that it grounded a warship on the disputed Second Thomas Bank South China Sea damaged the coral reef ecosystem in the realm, blaming Beijing for the destruction of the marine environment.
The Philippines’ South China Sea Task Force in an announcement called for an independent, third-party scientific assessment of the causes coral reef damage within the South China Sea.

China is answerable for the irreversible damage to corals

Statement by the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea

“It was China that, as it turns out, caused irreversible damage to corals. It was China that caused untold damage to the marine environment and threatened the natural habitat and livelihoods of thousands of Filipino fishermen,” the duty force said.

On Monday, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources it was said within the report that a Philippine warship had been “illegally grounded” off the coast of Second Thomas Shoal, near the Nansha Islands, for a while now, “which has seriously harmed the diversity, stability and sustainability of the coral reef ecosystem.”
The Philippines and Beijing are locked in a confrontation on the Second Thomas Bank, where Manila maintains a rusting warship, BRP Sierra Madrewhich was beached in 1999 to strengthen its maritime claims. It is staffed by a small crew.
China, however, extracted sand and coral, construct artificial islands within the South China Sea, which the federal government says is normal construction activity on its territory but which other countries say is aimed toward enforcing claims to the waterway.

A report last 12 months by the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that China’s construction activities have buried greater than 4,600 acres (1,861 acres) of coral reef.

China claims just about all major waterways that carry $3 trillion in trade every year, including parts claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia AND Vietnam.
But the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2016 said China’s expansive claims within the South China Sea don’t have any legal basis. Beijing doesn’t accept the ruling.

A Philippine task force that has warned of attempts by “Chinese experts” to spread disinformation and exert harmful influence said it had evidence that China was answerable for “serious damage to corals” in several areas of the South China Sea, including Scarborough and Sabina reefs.

Last 12 months, the Philippines said it was considering legal motion against China, accusing it of destroying coral reefs in its exclusive economic zone within the South China Sea. Beijing dismissed the allegations as an try to “create political drama.”

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