
Between A Reef And A Hard Place: Tourist Chiefs Battle To Save World's Coral
July 2, 2007 @ 10:02 AM (EST)
Source: Scotsman.com
GREEN sea turtles, cascades of glittering reef fish, blooming coral pillars - countless travellers have come nose to nose with a thriving undersea universe while on holiday. But increasingly, divers and snorkellers are swimming over bleached hunks of coral devastated by pollution or overfishing.
From the South Pacific to the Caribbean, the most delicate of marine ecosystems is bearing the brunt of climate change, coastal development, deforestation, and unrestricted tourism...
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