Okay, it's just a letter. But I'm still proud. A previous contributor to Science made a claim that finger pointing or education and awareness efforts targeting divers is unnecessary since this community is already savvy when it comes to coral reef conservation. I respond that this goes against most of what I have personally observed, as well as what the research indicates.While there are certainly pockets of dive operators out there doing the right thing, there's still a lot of work to do to achieve overall sustainable business practice. And every effort to reduce the reef threats that are in our power to control means greater ecosystem resilience to other threats.
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"In 2003, between 28,000 and 100,000 people per year visited just four sites, with diving and snorkeling being the most popular marine recreation activity"
If this is for 2003, than how can it 28,000-100,000 people per year?
"Crushing poverty and competing resource..."
Exactly. Having seen several third-world reefs myself, The one common thread is poverty. Nice perspective, glad that Science published it.
I'm signed up for my basic SCUBA class this semester. Something I've been meaning to do for years. Its always been a bit of an embarrassment when I tell people I'm a marine biologist but can't dive.
science edited my original statistic... it originally read "a 2003 study (holland-meyer) found that..."
science also flubbed on the title... they forgot to remove the word "head" as space saver for the headline....
quality control...
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