In recent years, the world’s coral reefs have suffered tremendous losses in abundance as the effect that human consumption has on the environment increases. Coral reef degradation is highly influenced by food production practices such as fishing, agriculture, and animal agriculture. These human disturbances on the environment, both direct and indirect, have had lasting effects on both coral reefs and their composing ecosystems.
Coral reefs serve a crucial role in the shaping of the oceans ecosystem; an estimated 25 percent of all ocean life lives in coral reefs, according the NOAA. Not only do coral reefs house a large portion of marine life, but they also represent crucial sources of resources and income to humans, through their role …show more content…
Tourism is a multi billion-dollar industry for countries that have coral reefs on their coastline and its popularity is rapidly growing to tourists (Hoegh-Guldberg). Coral reefs bring massive amounts of wealth to nations and many countries depend greatly on the revenue that is brought in by tourism. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that coral reefs bring in $9.6 billion of the total global net profit of coral reefs due to tourism (Caesar). With already 27 percent of the worlds global coral reefs permanently lost currently and an estimated additional 30 percent lost in the next 20 years, it is imperative that action is taken soon to reverse the problem and help amend the damage done to the oceans coastline and coral reefs …show more content…
While there is no long term study available to find a specific cause, obscuring the potential linkage of the different responsible factors that must be reversed in order for restoration of coral reefs to be implanted. Problems such as these have caused mass depletion of many aquatic animals habitats even in the short term. These problems can be linked back to many agricultural practices due to runoff, deforestation, pesticide use, and a variation of other causes that increase coral bleaching. Animal agriculture is responsible for fifty one percent of all annual greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2011 study conducted by the World Watch Institute (Goodland). This large impact that animal farming has on the environment and climate change is a direct cause to the increase in coral reef bleaching. Currently, researchers and scientists are undergoing varying studies and projects in order to save the worlds depleting coral reefs. Scientists lack the data to show the long-term effects and causes of such issues but hypothesis have been made and links have been discovered reasons as to why the world’s coral reefs are under threat (ScienceMag
Coral reefs serve a crucial role in the shaping of the oceans ecosystem; an estimated 25 percent of all ocean life lives in coral reefs, according the NOAA. Not only do coral reefs house a large portion of marine life, but they also represent crucial sources of resources and income to humans, through their role …show more content…
Tourism is a multi billion-dollar industry for countries that have coral reefs on their coastline and its popularity is rapidly growing to tourists (Hoegh-Guldberg). Coral reefs bring massive amounts of wealth to nations and many countries depend greatly on the revenue that is brought in by tourism. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that coral reefs bring in $9.6 billion of the total global net profit of coral reefs due to tourism (Caesar). With already 27 percent of the worlds global coral reefs permanently lost currently and an estimated additional 30 percent lost in the next 20 years, it is imperative that action is taken soon to reverse the problem and help amend the damage done to the oceans coastline and coral reefs …show more content…
While there is no long term study available to find a specific cause, obscuring the potential linkage of the different responsible factors that must be reversed in order for restoration of coral reefs to be implanted. Problems such as these have caused mass depletion of many aquatic animals habitats even in the short term. These problems can be linked back to many agricultural practices due to runoff, deforestation, pesticide use, and a variation of other causes that increase coral bleaching. Animal agriculture is responsible for fifty one percent of all annual greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2011 study conducted by the World Watch Institute (Goodland). This large impact that animal farming has on the environment and climate change is a direct cause to the increase in coral reef bleaching. Currently, researchers and scientists are undergoing varying studies and projects in order to save the worlds depleting coral reefs. Scientists lack the data to show the long-term effects and causes of such issues but hypothesis have been made and links have been discovered reasons as to why the world’s coral reefs are under threat (ScienceMag