It seems that in a world where it has become the “in” thing to go green, more and more people are seeing the importance in going blue. After all, most of the earth is made up of water, and the condition of our waters is going to affect us directly.
While I was reading one of the blogs that I frequent, Sea Notes, I found some great info about a few new developments in several countries that pay special attention to preserving coral reefs. Sea Notes is an exceptional blog from the Monterey Bay Aquarium that focuses on marine life and the conservation and preservation of it. If you get the chance, look around the website.
My apologies, I digress. So right here in the U.S., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that newly funded programs are in development in Puerto Rico, Florida, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Pacific Islands under U.S. jurisdiction to protect reefs from the impact of sediment and nutrient runoff (just learned about that in an Environment exam I aced yesterday!). This is huge for the coral reef conservation cause, and I hope it proves to be a great success.
Photo Courtesy of teun&el
In an entirely different part of the world, Cambodia has just established the largest community managed marine area in the country to help restore habitat that is vital to the prosperity of its marine life–including all the pretty seahorses. The Cambodian government itself has prohibited the fishing for or trading of seahorses. For those of you not familiar with Cambodia, it’s that country in South East Asia where Angelina Jolie adopted Maddox. Just pointing out.
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