[Coral-List] Remnancy vs resiliency Part 3: making a list
DeeVon Quirolo
deevon at bellsouth.net
Thu Mar 23 16:25:22 EST 2006
Hi Phil---For my two cents, I'd add to the
regional the following: clean up the
agricultural runoff from the Everglades and
Florida Bay that reaches the downstream coral
reefs of Florida. And create a section for
"federal" with: adopt and implement an energy
policy that reduces fossil fuel emissions and its
role in coral bleaching and disease, possibly by
designating Elkhorn, Staghorn and Fused Staghorn
to the Endangered Species Act (thus triggering
federal review of actions that affect them).
Best, DeeVon Quirolo, Reef Relief
At 11:26 AM 3/22/2006, Phil Dustan wrote:
>Dear Listers,
> Now that we have exhausted all the
> rhetoric and have cleared our minds
>and consciences, might it be possible to translate our feelings into
>actions that could be accomplished at the scales of Global, regional,
>and local?
>
>lease post your comments if youd like to contribute and I will work
>towards collating them
Please try to keep things short (and perhaps
>sweet).
>
>Here are a few possibilities:
>
> Global -
> US should sign the Kyoto Accord,
> Reduce generation of African Dust
>
> Regional in the Caribbean
> Large scale culture and release of Diadema antillarum
> Construct a basin-wide system of no-take MPAs
>
> Local:
> Larger no-take zones in the
> Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
> Construction of sewer and
> septic systems in the Florida Keys that
>actually meet design criteria for removal
>of nutrients,BOD, and
>microbial contaminants
> Provide incentives to restore
> the terrestrial landscape to
>minimize loss of nutrients and sediments
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
>
>
>--
>Phillip Dustan Ph.D.
>Department of Biology
>College of Charleston
>Charleston SC 29424
>(843) 953-8086 voice
>(843) 953-5453 (Fax)
>
>
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