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* Look at this article: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2062.html | * Look at this article: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2062.html | ||
* Find other examples of reserves/wilderness areas as case studies | * Find other examples of reserves/wilderness areas as case studies | ||
Threats to ecosystem: pollution, overfishing, climate change and coastal erosion (from natural causes & development). These cause detrimental effects to economy, tourism and ecosystem. | |||
+Science based research measures to protect it: Marine reserves/wilderness areas and MPA’s | |||
+<0.5% of ocean is protected in one of these ways | |||
+But 80% of coral reefs in Caribbean have disappeared in last 30 years | |||
+Only 10% of large, predatory fish populations exists since pre-industrial times | |||
++(http://www.amnh.org/explore/science-bulletins/bio/documentaries/our-oceans-ourselves/article-understanding-a-marine-wilderness-in-parts) | |||
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Marine Reserves and Marine Wilderness Areas
- Need to define what this is and compare with MPAs
- Look at this article: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2062.html
- Find other examples of reserves/wilderness areas as case studies
Threats to ecosystem: pollution, overfishing, climate change and coastal erosion (from natural causes & development). These cause detrimental effects to economy, tourism and ecosystem. +Science based research measures to protect it: Marine reserves/wilderness areas and MPA’s +<0.5% of ocean is protected in one of these ways +But 80% of coral reefs in Caribbean have disappeared in last 30 years +Only 10% of large, predatory fish populations exists since pre-industrial times ++(http://www.amnh.org/explore/science-bulletins/bio/documentaries/our-oceans-ourselves/article-understanding-a-marine-wilderness-in-parts)
In order to