SUVA， May 16 (Xinhua) -- Scientists estimate that half the coral in protected reefs around Fiji have been bleached， the government-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) confirmed Monday.
Reefs can recover from these mass mortality events but what people do locally to help in this effort is important， reef expert Victor Bonito told the FBC.
"Some of the key things are really protecting our herbivore fish or plant eating fish， and particularly after these bleaching events， if we have overfished or removed these herbivores from our reefs， the algae will quickly overgrow and our coral doesn't really stand much of a chance to recover. Second， we really need to minimize our local disturbances to our coral reefs，" Bonito said.
Sedimentation damages reefs， particularly during heavy rain. This also leaves pollution settling onto the coral， he said.
The mass coral bleaching of shallow reefs has been declared the worst in 16 years， according to the FBC.
With rich and diverse coral reefs， Fiji is seen by many as ideal for scuba diving as well as snorkeling. As a pillar for the Pacific island country's economy， the tourism industry rakes in millions of dollars every year from international tourists.
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GENEVA， Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations' human rights office warned Friday that hundreds of men who had fled rebel-held districts of Aleppo to reach western areas under government control have reportedly disappeared amid reports that opposition groups present in the Syrian city are also abducting civilians.
""While it is difficult to establish the facts in such a fluid and dangerous situation， we have received very worrying allegations that hundreds of men have gone missing after crossing into government-controlled areas，"" OHCHR said in a statement.
""Family members say they lost contact with the men， between the ages of 30 and 50， after they fled opposition-controlled areas of Aleppo around a week or 10 days ago，"" it added.
In rebel-held districts of east Aleppo， both Fatah al-Sham Front (formerly al-Nusra Front) and the Abu Amara Battalion are alleged to have abducted and killed an unknown number of civilians who requested armed groups to leave their neighbourhoods to spare civilian lives.
""We have also received reports that between 30 November and 1 December， armed opposition groups fired on civilians attempting to leave in the Bustan al-Qasr area towards government-controlled Msharqa，"" the human rights office added.
Once Syria's commercial hub， Aleppo has been divided in two since 2012， with western parts under Syrian government control and eastern districts held by rebels seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
A military operation launched by Damascus on Nov. 24 broke the deadlock however， with Syrian government troops seizing some 75 percent of eastern Aleppo.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported last Friday that ensuing fighting had resulted in the displacement of 31，500 civilians.
With frontlines changing on a daily basis， some 100，000 people are reportedly crammed in an enclave only 25 percent the size of the area previously controlled by opposition groups.
""Civilians are caught between warring parties that appear to be operating in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law，"" OHCHR warned.
""Indiscriminate attacks， with little effort taken to avoid civilian casualties， have been conducted on heavily populated areas on both sides of the city，"" it added.
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SHANGHAI Julian Weigl Germany Jersey , Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Five former workers at a Shanghai day care center were arrested on the charge of child abuse Wednesday, local prosecutors said.
The suspects have been in detention since the case was reported to the police on Nov. 8.
The suspects were caught on camera in a Ctrip day care center, appearing to abuse young children Julian Draxler Germany Jersey , Changning district people's procuratorate said
Leading travel agency Ctrip established the center, run by a third-party organization, in 2016 to help employees with childcare for children under three years old Joshua Kimmich Germany Jersey , the minimum age for kindergartens.
The district people's procuratorate has dispatched prosecutors specializing in child criminal cases to assist the police in the investigation, promising to safeguard the legal rights of the minors involved.
Video footage showing carers abusing children went viral online, leading to an intense public outcry. One clip showed a female employee throwing a girl's schoolbag on the floor and pushing her violently Jonas Hector Germany Jersey , causing her to fall and hit her head on the corner of a table.
In another video, a child cried after being forced to eat something, which his parents later claimed was wasabi.
In early 2016 Jerome Boateng Germany Jersey , Shanghai magazine "Modern Family" signed a contract with Ctrip to run the day care center. It later subcontracted the center to a third-party organization, but controlled financial affairs of the center.
The Women's Federation of Shanghai, to which the magazine is affiliated Ilkay Gundogan Germany Jersey , apologized to the public for a "lack of supervision and management." The president of the magazine was fired.
Ctrip has sought new management for the center and said it would allow employees to see surveillance video of classrooms on their mobile phones in the future.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Novozymes, the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes Emre Can Germany Jersey , reported on Friday better-than-expected financial results for the first half of 2017.
"Overall, the first half was good, and better than expected Christoph Kramer Germany Jersey ," said Peder Holk Nielsen, president and CEO of Novozymes, in a statement.
"We had growth in the large segments and delivered 3 percent organic sales growth with a strong EBIT margin Bernd Leno Germany Jersey , excluding one-offs," Nielsen said.
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