Palau’s much-touted marine sanctuary has backfired, with the fishing ban leading to an increased consumption of the reef fish in the western Pacific country – such as grouper, snapper and parrotfish – that the marine sanctuary promised to protect.
Can the proposed resort at the ngerchelngael island with the Koror State's Rock Islands Southern Lagoon endanger RISLs UNESCO world heritage designation and will it adversely affect the integrity of the Rock Islands ecological and cultural value?
