Saturday, September 13, 2008
Hello!!
Below are 10 tips on what YOU can do to save the coral reefs.
EVERYONE has the power to save them.
it only depends on whether you really wanna do it or not.
1.Be an informed consumer. Always consider carefully the coral objects that you buy for your coffee table. Ask the store owner or manager from what country the coral is taken and whether or not that country has a management plan to insure that the harvest was legal and sustainable over time.
2.Don’t use chemically enhanced pesticides and fertilizers. Although you may live thousands of miles from a coral reef ecosystem, these products will eventually end up in the watershed and may ultimately impact the waters that support coral.
3. When you visit a coral reef, help keep it healthy by respecting all local guidelines, recommendations, regulations, and customs.
4.Spread the word on how important the planet’s coral reefs are to us and the intricate global ecosystem.
5.Don’t litter. Never put garbage or human waste in the water and NEVER leave trash on the beach.
6.Keep the beaches clean. You may be in the habit of picking up your own trash. You may even participate in an organized cleanup. But have you considered carrying away the trash that others have left behind
7.Only buy marine aquarium fish if you know they have been collected in an ecologically sound manner.In some areas, marine fish harvested for the pet trade, are stunned with sodium cyanide.Although this makes catching fish eaier, this actually shatters the reef structure and the reefs are broken apart.
8.Don’t start a liverock aquarium. Although this living rock is still harvested legally in some places, its collection is devastating to the reef organisms habitat as reefs take a very long time to build.
9.If you dive, don’t touch! Take only pictures and leave only bubbles! Keep your fins’ gear, and hands away from the coral, as this contact can hurt you and will damage the delicate coral animals. Stay off the bottom because stirred-up sediment can settle on coral and smother it.
10.And finally,inform yourself. Find out about existing and proposed laws, programs, and projects that could affect the world’s coral reefs.
So, now that you know what to do,what are you still sitting in front of your computer for?
Get up and do something to help save the reefs!!
THENGHUI
source:http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/25list.html
11:04 PM
KIMBERLEY, ESTHER, THENG HUI.
What we want to become in the future: Marine biologists! :DD
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School.
Primary 6Execellence.
Teacher in charge : Ms Suhana A Hamid.
We hope everyone out there can support us by preserving the corals and also taking some time to read our posts about saving them, and helping us stop the destruction of the reefs!
click this picture to visit the IYOR website!
International Year of the Reef 2008
The ICRI International Year of the Reef 2008 is a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability,
and to motivate people to take action to protect them.
All individuals, corporations, schools, governments, and organizations are welcome and actively encouraged to participate in IYOR 2008.
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What we want to become in the future: Marine biologists! :DD
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School.
Primary 6Execellence.
Teacher in charge : Ms Suhana A Hamid.
We hope everyone out there can support us by preserving the corals and also taking some time to read our posts about saving them, and helping us stop the destruction of the reefs!
click this picture to visit the IYOR website!
International Year of the Reef 2008The ICRI International Year of the Reef 2008 is a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability,
and to motivate people to take action to protect them.
All individuals, corporations, schools, governments, and organizations are welcome and actively encouraged to participate in IYOR 2008.
Free chat widget @ ShoutMix
Global warming puts HALF of th reefs at risk! :O
Some of our friend's sites!
Some of our friend's sites!
ABEL'S GROUP BLOG.
JETHRO, JON, ETHAN'S GROUP BLOG.
CHANGMING'S GROUP BLOG.
JANSEN'S GROUP BLOG.
Help save th corals!
The nature convervancy.
July 2008
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JETHRO, JON, ETHAN'S GROUP BLOG.
CHANGMING'S GROUP BLOG.
JANSEN'S GROUP BLOG.
Help save th corals!
The nature convervancy.
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
Host: Blogger
Layout © thebikiniboy