As we rapidly approach 7 billion members of this human population, our activities and use of energy and resources are having an increased effect upon the ability of the Earth to sustain us. Coral reefs are a vital indicator of the overall health of the planet and most are currently flashing red.
Existing within precisely defined, narrow physical and chemical limits, these ancient ecosystems are highly sensitive to changes in the Earth’s climate. Around two thirds of global reef systems have already gone, the rest threatened or in serious decline.
The reasons are numerous and complex, but pollution from land-based activities, increases in seawater temperature and abnormal levels of predation, caused by human removal of key species, add to the rate of loss of these elements.
The world has discovered that our wonderful sharks, these magnificent creatures which have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.
Are you doing your bit for conservation and support?
We need to:
Look after the environment
• do not touch the coral or any marine life
• do not collect live shells, coral or fossils
• do not feed fish or other marine life
• do not attempt to capture or trap marine life
• leave no rubbish or debris
• take only pictures, leave only bubbles
Write to your politician, boycott countries which sell shark products, do not buy marine objects promoted to tourists etc etc
or join Sea Shepherd and become an underwater spy! : http://www.seashepherd.org/
