The reef has more than 50% living coral and is supporting ample amounts of marine life, scientists said.
Scientists said that the Galapagos’ Wellington Reef, off the coast of Darwin Island, was initially thought to be among the few coral reefs to survive the 1982-1983 El Nino event.
This new finding, the environment ministry said, shows that coral communities in the protected waters have persisted for centuries and support rich, diverse and potentially unique marine populations. translated from Spanish to English, Ecuador’s minister of the environment, water and ecological transition, José Antonio Dávalos, called the discovery encouraging news.in Ecuador and to continue promoting the creation of a regional one in the Eastern Tropical Pacific,” he said.
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