marine conservation Articles
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Politics of marine conservation area in Indonesia: from a centralised to a decentralised system
This paper aims to analyse the current situation resulting from the Marine Conservation Area (MCA) in Indonesia in terms of the legal framework, institutional conflicts and the response of the local people. A case study of the centralised and decentralised MCA in West Lombok is presented, and the process of establishing the MCA and its institutional performance are reviewed. The performance of a ...
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Project - Marine Reserves
We have helped to create two community-Led marine reserves in the Bay of Ranobe in order to protect coral reef habitats from overfishing We have facilitated the establishment of two marine reserves in the Bay of Ranobe. The first marine reserve was the ‘Massif des Roses’ (Rose Garden, named after the dominance of foliose Montipora coral, with its rose-like morphology). It became ...
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Water quality at 73% of Britain’s beaches rated ‘Excellent’
In the latest Good Beach Guide, published by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), 73% of beach in the UK have been recorded as having excellent water quality. This is the highest number since the inception of the Guide. Researchers at the MCS have suggested that the reason for so many beaches having such good water quality is the lack of rain last summer. This meant less pollution was washed ...
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Efforts towards setting eutrophication assessment criteria for coastal marine ecosystems
Eutrophication of coastal marine environments is a widespread and transboundary problem necessitating consideration of measures to conserve and restore the marine environments that have been adversely affected. As of now, there exist no criteria set for eutrophication of coastal marine waters due to the difficulty to establish single national/international assessment criteria for eutrophication ...
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Remote island dependant on R.O. desal units
On June 15, 2006, President Bush has signed into law, as a National Monument, 1200 miles of islands now formerly known as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, making it the largest marine conservation area on Earth. For years, Lifestream Watersystems Inc.’s involvement with the area has been through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Hawaii and the hearty group of ...
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Project - Reef Monitoring
We utilise standard survey techniques to provide reliable long-term information on the health of coral reefs Reef Health Surveys We have been monitoring the status of the Bay of Ranobe’s coral reef system since 2004. Our long term surveying programme monitors various ecological parameters across the bay to provide an assessment of coral reef health. The surveys are conducted across five ...
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Influence of Coastal Economic Valuations in the Caribbean: Enabling Conditions and Lessons Learned
Across the Caribbean, national economies are heavily dependent on coastal ecosystem services. Coral reefs, mangroves, and other coastal ecosystems provide fish habitat, attract tourists, and protect shorelines from storm damage. However, coastal habitats continue to degrade due to local and global pressures. For example, more than 75 percent of the Caribbean’s coral reefs are currently ...
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When green is blue
My colleagues and I have just worked out how much carbon there is in the world’s mangrove forests, give or take a bit. And we mapped it. And here’s why these findings are tremendously important. They quantify what some of us in marine conservation have been saying for a decade or more: That mangrove forests are among the most carbon rich habitats on the planet. That, although they ...
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Less Than 3 Percent of Oceans in Marine Parks Despite Recent Growth
In May 1975, rising concerns about overfishing and deteriorating ocean health prompted scientists and officials from 33 countries to meet in Tokyo for the first global conference on marine parks and reserves. Noting the need for swift action to safeguard more of the sea, the delegates were unanimous in calling for the creation of a global system of marine protected areas (MPAs)—zones ...
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Envision 2050: The future of protected areas
The idea of setting aside areas of land and water to be protected against human activities has become a staple of the conservation movement. But with that movement itself at a crossroads, it’s worth exploring just what protected areas will look like in the future. For this third installment of our Envision 2050 series (read the first two here), Ensia turned to five experts to find out what ...
By Ensia
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Measuring Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Seawater - Case Study
Taking the Pulse of the Ocean Temperature and pH measurements can yield important information about how the physical environment of the ocean responds to warming and increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as well as global weather patterns. Different ecosystems within the ocean respond differently to these physical changes, making it important to take measurements from multiple ...
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Mapping the Impact of Sewage on Our Coastlines
A new map helps us visualize how sewage enters coastal ecosystems Most studies of how we impact coastal ecosystems have focused on agricultural runoff, trash, and oil spills in the ocean. However, human wastewater discharges routinely flow into coastal ecosystems too, potentially causing public health, economic, and ecological impacts. Researchers have shed some light on this problem with a new ...
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Freshwater quality — SOER 2010 thematic assessment
Water is critical for life and is integral to virtually all economic activities, including food and industrial production. Not only is clean water a prerequisite for human health and well-being, it provides for aquatic habitats that support healthy freshwater ecosystems. A range of pollutants including nutrients, biocides, pathogenic micro-organisms, industrial and household chemicals, metals and ...
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How we can save coral reefs (and why we should want to)
As oceans grow warmer and more acidic, scientists are developing new strategies to rescue the “rainforests of the sea.” Coral reefs are among the most beautiful ecosystems on Earth — “a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet,” in oceanographer Sylvia Earle’s words. They also are extremely valuable. Reefs cover less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the ...
By Ensia
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Asia Analysis: Battling climate impacts in low-lying Maldives
Going carbon neutral and protecting marine environment are key to fighting climate change in the tiny island nation, says Nalaka Gunawardene. ‘Raise your voice, not the sea level’ is the theme for this year’s World Environment Day, which falls on 5 June. The theme resonates with the United Nations designating 2014 as the International Year of Small Island Developing States ...
By SciDev.Net
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