Through technological innovation and multi-stakeholder collaboration, Wuzhou Island in Beihai City has achieved globally recognized success in coral reef restoration. By 2025, the island has restored 40 hectares of coral reefs through heat-tolerant coral acclimatization techniques (achieving over 85% survival rate for beautiful staghorn coral with annual growth exceeding 15 cm) and a synergistic “research + science outreach + tourism” model. transplanted over 120,000 coral seedlings, increased coral species from 46 to 62, and raised live coral coverage from a historic low of 3% to 8%.
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