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'''Demand and Use of Coral: Business behind the Trade''' | '''Demand and Use of Coral: Business behind the Trade''' | ||
*when it first became popular | *when it first became popular | ||
*brief history | |||
*products and uses (jewelry to medical) | *products and uses (jewelry to medical) | ||
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'''Trade used for Destructive practices''' | '''Trade used for Destructive practices''' | ||
*removing reefs | *removing reefs & removal methods | ||
*manipulating the poisons | *manipulating the poisons | ||
*stun fish | *stun fish & treatment of other marine life | ||
*killing coral | *killing coral | ||
Revision as of 11:42, 27 February 2013
The Coral Trade
Coral Reef Trade Outline
Demand and Use of Coral: Business behind the Trade
- when it first became popular
- brief history
- products and uses (jewelry to medical)
Ethical Concerns behind the Trade culture
- wild animal trade
- “pet trade”
Legal issues and Policies on Coral Reef Trade
- Executive Order no. 13089 for the Protection of Coral Reefs
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- discussed during Clinton Administration
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
Trade used for Destructive practices
- removing reefs & removal methods
- manipulating the poisons
- stun fish & treatment of other marine life
- killing coral
Biological Damage caused by removal of Corals
- long generation periods for regrowth
- importance of coral to other organisms within reef ecosystem
- statistics/percentages of marine life based in coral reefs and the natural destruction and death of coral