Makuluva Field trip reflection Arishma chandS11099150 Heading to Makuluva reef islet The trip to Makuluva reef Islet was a really exciting and exhausting trip for me as it empowers me to learn new concepts concerning the terrestrial and marine organisms that are found in the islet. Also I got learn a lot of new flora and fauna species and its scientific terms that I had in my course of study. Before we board‚ the boat we were told by the capital to put on our life jacket for our own safety.
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to create a greener world‚ which involves looking at the costs of losing biodiversity and ecosystems. According to him‚ around 500 million people - presumably more‚ as time has gone on - rely on the types of fish that thrive in coral reefs to survive. If the coral reefs disappear‚ these people have no jobs and descend into poverty‚ which is terrible for the economy. There’s also money from tourism to consider. In just the Bahamas‚ a single sharks - a living one - gains them around $250‚000 from the
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certain deviant acts are sanctioned as opposed to others.THERE are a range of threats to mangrove forests in Jamaica and‚ by extension‚ the Caribbean and the world. They include over-harvesting‚ river changes‚ clearing‚ over-fishing‚ pollution‚ coral reef loss and climate change. Over-harvesting Mangrove trees the world over are used for firewood charcoal production as well as for construction wood and wood chips. While harvesting is a practice that has been ongoing for hundreds of years‚ it has got
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They can live broadly throughout the ocean on the sea floor from shallow to deep and can live in virtually all terrains: mua‚ sana‚ rock‚ and coral reefs. They resemble the commonly known garden cucumber‚ as they’re tube-shaped and can be tan‚ green‚ black‚ although they can also be bright blue‚ purple‚ or red. The sea cucumber uses its tube feet to slowly transport itself‚ with a hydraulic system internally
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To what extent has increased tourism and globalisation affected the local people in Kenya and their culture. - Key Ideas - Sustainable development - The building of environmentally damaging infrastructure‚ and coral bleaching due to tourism. + Introduction of eco-friendly camping in the game reserve with tents and locally sourced food. -Managing the environment to ensure I’s available for future generations -Economic development (Increasing urbanisation and bigger income due to tourism based
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On an ordinary day when we would see a cockroach or a small insect walking across the kitchen floor‚ the first and only thing that would flash into our mind is to get our hands on an insecticide and kill that blameless insect. From these little innocent insects in our homes we have moved to killing cows‚ pigs and turkeys to fulfil our dinner plates because we specifically farm them for food‚ therefore cause no change to the environment. What more do we now desire? What more do we human beings now
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searched online about fishes and have learned how to classify each kind of fish. In addition‚ I took the Marine Science - oceanography class‚ so I have some information and knowledge about fishes. There are 3 types of slow moving fish that live in a reef environment. The first type of slow moving fish is sea-dragon fish. The sea dragons are small and strictly when they find food to eat. The sea dragon doesn’t have fins like other fish to swim‚ so they follow the current movement to travel from one
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Bibliography: Coral Reef. February 24‚ 2005. MSNBC. March 14‚ 2007. < www.newsweek.com > Gore‚ Al‚ per. Guggenheim‚ Davis‚ dir. An Inconvenient Truth. 2006. Paramount Home Video. Hazy Summer Days and Air Pollution. July 27‚ 2004. National Geographic Society. March 14‚ 2007
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will biodegrade. It can take up to hundreds of years for this trash to fully decompose. People need to take into mind that the tiniest piece of plastic can get trapped around animal’s necks‚ dumping garbage into the ocean can severely damage coral reefs which is home to many marine wildlife ‚ and that red-tides can cause medical complications to animals and people. Our oceans are polluted with many types of trash‚ but one that really stands out is the amount of plastic that infects our oceans
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overfishing. Illegal fishing methods kill our coral reefs and endanger the survival of our bountiful marine resources. In the Philippines‚ the methods listed below are among the most prominent MURO-AMI SODIUM CYANIDE This kind of illegal fishing came from Taiwan. In this technique‚ sodium cyanide powder is dissolved in water and poured into a plastic squirt-bottle. This produces a solution that is colorless‚ tasteless and odorless. When a coral reef or school of fish is seen‚ divers enter the water
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