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| TITLE: |
Ratcheting down the Coral Reefs. |
| AUTHOR: |
Birkeland, Charles |
| PUBLISHED: |
2004. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
p. 1021-1027 |
| NOTES: |
BioScience, Nov., 2004, vol. 54, no. 11, |
| NOTES: |
Coral reefs are continuing to detoriate around the world, despite millions of dollars' worth of government effort per year, the commitment of more than 450 nongovernmental organizations, and a long list of successful accomplishments. Researchers and managers ,must become more aware of positive feedback, including the self-reinforcing ecological, technological, economic, cultural and conceptual processes that accelerate the degredation of coral reefs. Much of the research on coral reef damage has focused on its proximal causes (e.g., global warming increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, overfishing, pollution, desimentation, and disease) rathen thanits ultimate causes, the increasing human population and associated economic demands. To stop deterioration of coral reef ecosystems, management must be proactive, terminating the self-reinforcing processes of coral reef degredation rather than perpetually restoring reefs or reource stocks. This can be accomplished only by clarifying the entire economic picture to instill more responsible behavior in the public. |
| SUBJECT: |
Coral reefs--Pacific. |
| SUBJECT: |
Coral reef--Preserves. |
| SUBJECT: |
Coral reef--Restoration. |
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