Coral+Reef+Conservation

 ** __Coral Reef Conservation__  Human impact on the Coral Reef is huge, and if something is not done, the Coral Reef biome will eventually be destroyed. Some of the ways that humans are impacting the Coral Reef Biome, is listed next. Dynamite, and cyanide fishing have destroyed coral, and poisoned the fish. Land runoff and sediment are polluting the reefs. When boats drop their anchors when they stop near reefs, the anchors destroy 4-6 meters of coral. Photographers will sometimes break/rearrange coral for their shots, destroying the coral. Snorkelers will sometimes stand on the coral, damaging it, and leaving it open to disease. Too much tourism/people has also impacted the Coral Reef, because coral need a clean and open enviroment to live. Tissue death in coral is caused by pollution by humans. Humans are doing something to help,though, and some parts of a coral reef, are protected, and no tourism is allowed there.

There are lots of problems with the Coral Reef. One of them is overfishing. This is caused by poverty, money issues, and inappropriate fishing techniques. Another problem is coral turning white, or bleaching. This is caused by very high temperatures. These temperatures are high because of global warming. Seaweed overgrowing coral is another problem. This is caused by overfertilization of seaweed caused by nutrients from the sewage. Diseases of coral is caused by human disturbances in the enviroment.

There are some ways we can solve this problem. For the overfishing problem, we can establish fish reserves, stop dynamite/cyanide fishing, and encourage mariculture, which is cultivating plants and animals in the open ocean. For coral bleaching, we can make global agreements to stop global warming, and greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere. We can solve the seaweed problem by treating the sewage to get rid of the nutrients. We can get rid of the coral diseases, by lowering tourism in the Coral Reef so the coral will not be exposed to humans, therefore lowering disease.

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