Preserve Coral
Reefs
An Urgent Situation
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Coral Reefs important to both aquatic and
human life
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Habitat to 1/3 of all marine fish
Support entire economies
Protect coastlines
Est. by 2040 almost all dead
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Devastated by pollution/waste disposal
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Damaged by careless tourists
Destroyed by over fishing and destructive
fishing practices
A Major part of Marine Life
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Diverse Ecosystem
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Approx. 1/3 of all marine fish species
found in coral reefs
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Seabirds
Invertebrates
Protect Coastlines
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Form barrier between waves and coast
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Protect shoreline from erosion
Keep small islands intact
Help shelter coasts form ocean storms
+floods
Supports numerous
Economies
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Provide Jobs
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Fishers
Scientists
preservation
Feed populations
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Tour guides
Feed 40 ml. people a year
Food source for island communities
Billion dollar industry
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Many economies depend on tourism
industry
Solution
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Create more coral reef state parks
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Educate tourists on how to avoid harming
reefs
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Stricter fishing laws
Citations:
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"Conservation." Aquaitc Life of the World. 2. Tarrytown, New York: Marshall
Cavendish Corporation, 2001. Print.
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Fuhrmann, Andrew. "Coral Reef Preservation." Tropical Ecosystems.
N.p., 6/11/04. Web. 20 Apr 2010.
<http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/fieldcourses04/
PapersMarineEcologyArticles/CoralReefPreservation.html>.
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"Natural Preservation." Aquaitc Life of the World. 6. Tarrytown, New York:
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2001. Print.
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Nevin, . "Coral to be Cryogenically Frozen for the Future.” AquaViews Online
Scuba Magazine 28/10/09: n. pag. Web.
2o Apr 2010.