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*[http://blueventures.org/ Blue Ventures] is a science-led social enterprise that develops transformative approaches for nurturing and sustaining locally led marine conservation. The organisation works in partnership with coastal communities in places where the ocean is vital to the culture and economy, and promotes transformative and integrated approaches to marine conservation and coastal poverty alleviation. Blue Ventures has operated field programmes in [[Belize]], [[Fiji]], [[Malaysia]], [[Madagascar]] and [[Ghana]]. Blue Ventures is currently operating in Madagascar and Belize. The promotion of community-based tropical marine conservation forms the cornerstone of Blue Ventures’ work, which focuses on developing innovative models for sustaining and scaling locally-led marine conservation. {{W|Blue Ventures}} | |||
*[http://coral.org/ Coral Reef Alliance], nonprofit organization based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], that partners with local reef communities around the world to protect coral reefs. With 19% of the world's coral reefs already destroyed and another 35% at immediate risk or threatened due to human pressures, organizations like CORAL are addressing an urgent need. CORAL promotes conservation through its Coral Reef Sustainable Destination (CRSD) approach, a holistic model that combines marine protected area (MPA) management and sustainable business operation for community benefit. {{W|Coral Reef Alliance}} | *[http://coral.org/ Coral Reef Alliance], nonprofit organization based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], that partners with local reef communities around the world to protect coral reefs. With 19% of the world's coral reefs already destroyed and another 35% at immediate risk or threatened due to human pressures, organizations like CORAL are addressing an urgent need. CORAL promotes conservation through its Coral Reef Sustainable Destination (CRSD) approach, a holistic model that combines marine protected area (MPA) management and sustainable business operation for community benefit. {{W|Coral Reef Alliance}} | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 15 June 2015
According to the UN atlas, 44% of people live within 150 kilometres (93 miles) of the sea. W
What communities can do
- Beach clean ups
Why it matters
Environmental improtance
The coast and its adjacent areas on and off shore are an important part of a local ecosystem: the mixture of fresh water and salt water in estuaries provides many nutrients for marine life. Salt marshes and beaches also support a diversity of plants, animals and insects crucial to the food chain.
The high level of biodiversity creates a high level of biological activity, which has attracted human activity for thousands of years. W
Sea level rise
Sea level rises can considerably influence human populations in coastal and island regions and natural environments like marine ecosystems. Sea level rise is expected to continue for centuries. Because of the slow inertia – long response time for parts of the climate system, it has been estimated that we are already committed to a sea-level rise of approximately 2.3 meters for each degree of temperature rise within the next 2,000 years. W
Resources
Citizens data initiative
Research shows that 634 million people - one tenth of the global population - live in coastal areas that lie within just ten metres above sea level. [1]
See also
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many location pages
- Climate action
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Coasts, Coral reef, Sea level rise
External links
- Blue Ventures is a science-led social enterprise that develops transformative approaches for nurturing and sustaining locally led marine conservation. The organisation works in partnership with coastal communities in places where the ocean is vital to the culture and economy, and promotes transformative and integrated approaches to marine conservation and coastal poverty alleviation. Blue Ventures has operated field programmes in Belize, Fiji, Malaysia, Madagascar and Ghana. Blue Ventures is currently operating in Madagascar and Belize. The promotion of community-based tropical marine conservation forms the cornerstone of Blue Ventures’ work, which focuses on developing innovative models for sustaining and scaling locally-led marine conservation. W
- Coral Reef Alliance, nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, that partners with local reef communities around the world to protect coral reefs. With 19% of the world's coral reefs already destroyed and another 35% at immediate risk or threatened due to human pressures, organizations like CORAL are addressing an urgent need. CORAL promotes conservation through its Coral Reef Sustainable Destination (CRSD) approach, a holistic model that combines marine protected area (MPA) management and sustainable business operation for community benefit. W
References
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- ↑ International Institute for Environment and Development, March 28 2007 link not found, June 2015