Philippines rejects China’s accusation of environmental damage in South China Sea

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The Philippines rejects China’s accusation that the BRP Sierra Madre ‘has seriously damaged the diversity, stability and sustainability of the reef ecosystem’ in Ayungin Shoal.

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00:00The Philippines rejects China's accusation that the BRP Sierra Madre has seriously damaged
00:06the diversity, stability, and sustainability of the reef ecosystem in Ayungin Shoal.
00:11The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea calls for an independent, third-party
00:15marine scientific assessment of the causes of coral reef damage in the South China Sea.
00:21Manila and Beijing have been embroiled in confrontations in Ayungin.
00:25Manila maintains rusting warship BRP Sierra Madre in the area, which it beached in 1999
00:30to reinforce maritime claims.
00:33China has in turn dredged sand and coral to build artificial islands in the South China
00:37Sea.
00:38China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea, or
00:43areas that include the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone.
00:46This, despite a 2016 arbitral ruling that junks its nine-dash line as invalid.

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