Sentences with phrase «tourism on the coral»

Students consider the impact of tourism on the coral reefs.

Not exact matches

While coral reefs make up less than 0.1 percent of the sea floor, they serve as habitats for about 25 percent to 35 percent of all the oceans» fishes, roughly 500 million people worldwide rely on them as a source of protein and for coastal protection, and they are responsible for billions of dollars in tourism and fisheries revenue.

Cinner and McClanahan have found that different places felt different effects of coral bleaching based on how much people depended on fish and tourism for a living and how flexible the local people were.

What happens to coral reefs affects vast underwater ecosystems, and the hundreds of millions of people who depend on those ecosystems for fishing, tourism and more.

Eradication appears impossible, and they threaten everything from coral reef ecosystems to local economies that are based on fishing and tourism.

Millions of people depend on coral reefs for their livelihoods — for food, work or tourism, for example.

This in turn has implications for humans, who rely on the rich and beautiful coral reefs of today for food, tourism and other livelihoods.

Tourism and human activity has taken a large toll on coral reefs.

The Belize Tourism Industry Association suggests: «Do not stand, touch, or kick sand on coral reef systems.

Without large - scale restoration of degraded habitats to make them capable of supporting larger fish and shellfish populations there will be fewer fish in the future and without healthy growing corals there will be fewer beaches or tourism income, affecting all business owners on the island.

BTDC president director I Made Mandra said Wednesday that the event would focus on promoting green tourism and offer coral reef restoration activities to help preserve marine ecosystems.

Rotana's four resorts in Egypt - the five - star Grand Rotana Resort & Spa — Sharm El Sheikh and the four - star Coral Beach Rotana Resorts in Tiran, Montazah and Hurghada - are all witnessing a steady increase in leisure business since the difficult times faced in Egypt and its impact on tourism.

Large masses of offshore floating plastic debris have begun to affect the health of coral reefs as well as causing a detrimental effect on the tourism industry.

I would hope all those working to reduce tourism's impacts on coral would be pushing the cruise and airline industries to report their existing data on CO2 per passenger for each specific trip.

Though other factors are detrimental as well, mass tourism has surely left its mark on the coral.

Declining coral reefs due to increases in temperature and decreases in carbonate ion would have negative impacts on tourism and fisheries.

Acidification and climate change will put further pressure on living marine resources, such as fisheries and coral reefs that we depend upon for food, tourism and other economic and aesthetic benefits.

The story discussed the recent loss of Florida coral reefs and the possible impact on recreation and tourism if reef degradation continues.

Preliminary evidence suggests ocean acidification will have negative effects on corals, shellfish, and other marine life, with wide - ranging consequences for ecosystems, fisheries, and tourism.

Tourism and fisheries, for instance, heavily rely on coral around the world.

«That's important for people who rely on the rich and beautiful coral reefs of today for food, tourism, and other livelihoods.»

Coral reefs provide food and habitat for other species, including a wide range of fish, and protect coastlines from large waves.3 Reefs such as the one in Biscayne National Park — visited by more than 400,000 people in 2009 — also support tourism.4 More than 100 million people worldwide are directly economically dependent on coral reefs, according to estimaCoral reefs provide food and habitat for other species, including a wide range of fish, and protect coastlines from large waves.3 Reefs such as the one in Biscayne National Park — visited by more than 400,000 people in 2009 — also support tourism.4 More than 100 million people worldwide are directly economically dependent on coral reefs, according to estimacoral reefs, according to estimates.6

Such is the desperate status of the lionfish wars, an invasion of this predatory fish from the Pacific Ocean into the Bahamas and Caribbean region that threatens everything from coral reef ecosystems to the local economies, which are based on fishing and tourism.

1) ``... in actuality the report cites Greenpeace as a reference for this sentence: «Other likely impacts of climate change on coastal tourism are due to coral reef degradation (Box 6.1; Section 6.4.1.5)(Hoegh - Guldberg et al., 2000).»

The Greenpeace study by Hoegh - Guldberg (whose written many peer - reviewed paper on coral reef degradation — look it up) is cited as a reference for this sentence» Other likely impacts of climate change on coastal tourism are due to coral reef degradation».

``, but in actuality the report cites Greenpeace as a reference for this sentence: «Other likely impacts of climate change on coastal tourism are due to coral reef degradation (Box 6.1; Section 6.4.1.5)(Hoegh - Guldberg et al., 2000).»

It's clear if you read the title (and even more clear if you read the paper — I linked to it above) that the focus of this document is not how climate change degrades coral reefs, but what impact that degradation may have on the people of the Pacific (including economic impacts from reduced tourism).

«Other likely impacts of climate change on coastal tourism are due to coral reef degradation (Box 6.1; Section 6.4.1.5)(Hoegh - Guldberg et al., 2000).»

Many countries, especially small - island nations, depend on coral reefs for tourism, protection of coastlines and to sustain livelihoods.

You even rewrote the complete sentence and failed to see it, so I'll put it here again: ««Other likely impacts of climate change on coastal tourism are due to coral reef degradation (Box 6.1; Section 6.4.1.5)(Hoegh - Guldberg et al., 2000).»