{"id":27550,"date":"2025-02-18T10:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T10:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=27550"},"modified":"2025-03-05T10:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T10:47:21","slug":"elementor-27550","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=27550","title":{"rendered":"CORAL REEF CLEANING PROGRAMME AND REPLANTATION PROJECT CONDUCTED AT CORAL COVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27550\" class=\"elementor elementor-27550\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8db2b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8db2b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-564b096\" data-id=\"564b096\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c1092c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c1092c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>A coral reef cleaning programme, coupled with coral replantation project, was successfully conducted on 18<sup>th<\/sup> \u00a0February 2025 at Coral Cove. This initiative was organized and carried out by the staff and trainees of the Diving School, reinforcing their commitment to marine conservation and environmental sustainability.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The initiative managed to remove debris and pollutants affecting the coral ecosystem while also restoring damaged reef areas. This hands-on experience not only contributed to the preservation of marine biodiversity but also provided trainees with valuable practical exposure in underwater conservation techniques.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The event highlighted the dedication of the NMA towards protecting marine life and fostering a sense of responsibility among future Navy divers.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-833c4c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"833c4c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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This initiative was organized and carried out by the staff and trainees of the Diving School, reinforcing their commitment to marine conservation and environmental sustainability. The initiative managed to remove debris and pollutants affecting the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=27550\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CORAL REEF CLEANING PROGRAMME AND REPLANTATION PROJECT CONDUCTED AT CORAL COVE<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes"},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27550"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27574,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27550\/revisions\/27574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}