with the increase of tourism‚ the ecology of Florida has been affected in many dangerous ways. Pollution‚ destruction‚ and overpopulation of ecosystems are among the top result‚ according to a study from the University of Vermont. The coral reefs in the Key West are especially targeted by these effects‚ since they provide habitats for many species and without healthy reefs‚ the entire ecosystem collapses. However‚ tourism in itself does not tend to cause harm for the environment. There are alternative
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1. Progress‚ Growth and Development (of the material kind) are / were primarily western concepts which were forced upon rest of the world. Today the entire world is collectively involved in destruction of environment but the biggest role in this process of destruction was played by Western Civilization. The West was the first to start Industrial Revolution and travel on the destructive path of Industrialization and Consumerism.......It then forced western lifestyle on its colonies in Asia‚
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Extinction is the ceasing of a species to exist on this Earth. A species officially becomes extinct when all of the species no longer exists. A species is to become certainly extinct when there is an extremely small number of it and it is unable to reproduce to create more of itself. Therefore‚ we say a species is in for certain extinction if it cannot reproduce itself. Extinctions occur at a great pace and species that we did not even know existed become extinct all the time. Scientists say that
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Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System In efforts to bring awareness to the continued preservation of this area‚ it is imperative to advocate for the threatened species of this region by bringing continued awareness to preserving this natural ecosystem. The magnificent Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is the world’s largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere on the coastal regions of Belize. It is comprised of coastal lagoons‚ mangrove forests‚ hundreds of sand cays‚ offshore atolls and
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Environmental Protection Agency Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources‚ including inter alia [among other things]‚ terrestrial‚ marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species‚ between species and of ecosystems. Therefore‚ biodiversity is the connection among all living things on the planet‚ including their habitats and their interaction in the environment and all the living things on the
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Which was cosponsored by Senator David Vitter. This proposal would provide $250 billion for hurricane reconstruction‚ including $40 billion in ecosystem restoration and levee improvements. Some say that his proposal might actually hurt Louisiana’s opportunity for restoration money by appearing to be asking for too much to fund a bag of projects. The sad part about this is that it has taken a major
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up to 1000 times faster than the faster due to rainforest destruction. Organisms and many species are adapted to specific niches within the rainforest ecosystem. The species depend on one another in a food web. So‚ when humans disrupt parts of the rainforest‚ it affect a variety of species. According‚ Tropical rainforests took between 60 and 100 million years to evolve and are believed to be the oldest and most complex land-based ecosystem on earth‚ containing over 30 million species of plants and
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References: Allen‚ A. H. (1996). Increased Dangers to Caribbean Marine Ecosystems. BioScience 42(5)‚ 330-335. Olsen‚ B. (1997). Environmentally Sustainable Development and Tourism: Lessons from Negril‚ Jamaica Thullen‚ S. A. (1996). Tourism and its Impacts on the Environment. . Stephanie Thullen‚" Tourism and its Impacts on the
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populations and hurting the ecosystem as well as the fishing industry‚ it can damage the infrastructure of a country by destroying bridges and dams which may hurt the coral reefs economy‚ and it can increase flood rates and sizes by raising the river bed. Dynamite fishing Blast fishing or dynamite fishing is the practice of using explosives to stun or kill schools of fish for easy collection. This often illegal practice can be extremely destructive to the surrounding ecosystem‚ as the explosion often
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down‚ much of the moisture in the ecosystem is lost‚ leading to droughts and further devastation of species. More than half of the world ’s estimated 10 million species of plants‚ animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests and one fifth of the world ’s fresh water is in the Amazon Basin (Rainforest Facts‚ 1996). To understand why deforestation is such a pressing and urgent issue‚ forests must first be given credit for what they bring to global ecosystems and the quality of life that all
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