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Mining to blame for islands to sink beneath waves

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By Sivaramakrishnan Parameswaran BBC Tamil Service

Turtles are among the animals making use of the gulf's plentiful food and shelter

Two small islands in South Asia's first marine biosphere reserve have sunk into the sea primarily as a result of coral reef mining, experts say. The islets were in a group in the Gulf of Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka. The

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