CORAL REEF CONSERVATION

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CORAL REEF CONSERVATION

CORAL: marine animals that depend on sunlight and grow in clear and shallow water http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/categories/raim/images/coral_01.jpg

Destruction Damaged at an alarming rate Erosion Siltation Overfishing Destructive fishing methods Pollution Coastal development Erosion Siltation Boat anchors Divers Storms Global warming Rising human populations

Why are they imortant? Biodiversity Medicine Fishing Shoreline protection Tourism Industry (Jobs)

Pacific Ocean 25 % of world’s coral reefs Damage due to… Rising human populations Overfishing Escalating development

Pacific Ocean http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Pacific_Ocean.png/300px-Pacific_Ocean.png

Pacific Ocean: Coral Reefs http://www.scienceclarified.com/images/uesc_03_img0159.jpg

Southeast Asia 30% of world’s coral reefs Damage due to Rising human population Overfishing Escalating development Increased influx of untreated sewage

Southeast Asia http://mabryonline.org/blogs/howard/archives/map_southeast_asia.jpg

Southeast Asia: Coral Reefs http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG/250px-Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG

Indian Ocean 24 % of world’s coral reefs Damage due to… Rising human populations Overfishing Escalating development Dredging of reefs for industrial uses and creation of shipping channels Growing offshore oil industry Increasing tourism

Indian Ocean http://www.hayesandjarvis.co.uk/region/themes/hnjww/images/maps/Indian-Ocean-map.gif

Indian Ocean: Coral Reefs http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ganeandmarshall.co.uk/africa/tanzania/images/mafia_large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ganeandmarshall.co.uk/africa/tanzania/mafia.html&h=282&w=444&sz=23&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=vKy0AWErO-FTZM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dindian%2Bocean%2Bcoral%2Breef%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive

Red Sea and Persian Gulf Small percent Damage due to… Rising human population Overfishing Escalating development Coastal development Pollution from various sources

Red Sea and Persian Gulf http://www.cameldive.com/images/red-sea-map.jpg http://www.gl.iit.edu/govdocs/maps/Persian%20Gulf%20Region.gif

Red Sea: Coral Reef http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/EUR/2300-8499~Red-Sea-Posters.jpg

Persian Gulf: Coral Reef http://www.panda.org/_global/project_getimage.cfm?uProjectID=AE0007&uType=large

Caribbean 14 % of world’s coral reefs Damage due to… Rising human populations Overfishing Escalating development Harvesting of mangroves and dredging Increases sedimentation Smothers reefs

Caribbean Sea www.caribpro.com/Caribbean_Map/!Caribbean_MAP.gif

Caribbean Sea: Coral Reef http://www.cep.unep.org/operational-components/plonearticlemultipage.2005-10-03.4690343384/plonearticle.2005-10-03.5299274574/2005-12-05.7121928486/image

Why are coral reefs so important? They are responsible for a great deal of the primary productivity in the ocean The more primary productivity the more life the marine ecosystem can support. So what happens if we destroy the coral reefs?