Aua Celebration Marks 100 Years of Coral Study

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On Monday the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources begins a week long celebration of a survey of corals which stated in 1917.

The celebration will be based in the village of Aua whose corals have attracted the attention of scientists from around the around every year since WWI.

Marine Biologist Alice Lawrence of the DMWR explains why the Aua corals are getting attention.

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