Bilung, along with over 70 Mechesil Belau members visited some of Koror State’s most unique and special sites in the Rock Islands last Thursday, March 22. The field trip was co-hosted by Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) and Koror State Government to showcase a couple of unique Rock Island areas, including Ngederrak Conservation Area, Ngeremdiu, Milky Way and the famous Ngermid Bay, an area with strong resilient corals that survive in waters with low pH and high temperature.
“Ngermid Bay is an anomaly in our current understanding of coral reefs’ survivability in these harsh conditions, because not only are the corals growing there, they are actually thriving in these conditions. This is contrary to what has been shown in experiments and field studies from other places,” explained Dr. Yimnang Golbuu, CEO of PICRC.