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WRI also noted coral reef that stretches from the Indian Ocean, Australia to Caribbean coral reefs are the most bersiko extinct. In most countries of the region to exploit coral reefs for consumptive economic activities.
Jane Lubchenco, researchers from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric, said the threat of climate change plus bergerakan mainland as well as the earth's plates and other pressures of the oceans in the form of a storm or a tsunami causing significant risk to the survival of coral reefs. "This situation absolutely requires rapid movement particularly in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide in order to prevent a terrible situation happened to coral reefs, "he said.
WRI also called carbon dioxide emissions from fuel consumption contributes to making the oceans more acidic, which hinders the formation of reefs. In addition, warmer sea surface temperatures cause coral bleaching.
Other causes are also harmful to coral reefs is human activities such as overfishing, destructive fishing methods such as the use of explosives or poisons, chemical runoff from agriculture, oil spill, the ship dragged anchor and chain on the reef and the activities of sustainable tourism.
More than 275 million people worldwide live within 18 miles of coral reefs. In fact, do more than 100 countries, coral reefs protect the land more than 93,000 miles of shoreline.
The report also identified 27 countries - mostly in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian oceans - predictable social and economic problems if reefs damaged or missing. Among the 27 countries, nine countries such as Comoros, Fiji, Grenada, Haiti, Indonesia, Kiribati, Philippines, Tanzania and Vanuatu, a country with the most vulnerable coral species.
Lauretta Burke, a researcher WRI said the situation is a perfect threat. According to him, the situation is very critical phase for marine ecological system of the world.
