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ABOUT 25% OF OUR CORAL REEFS ARE ALREADY GONE...

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ONLY .01% OF THE OCEAN IS PROTECTED FROM FISHING, DUMPING, AND DREDGING.

Each year roughly 3.85 tons of oil are split into the ocean.Oil tanker spills are larger than 500,000 barrels of oil.

CORAL REEFS ARE HOME TO 25% OF ALL KNOWN MARINE LIFE.

The corals are being taken from the black market for money.

THE CORAL REEFS HAVE THE MOST BIODIVERSITY OF ANY HABITAT.

And we are taking it all

away!

When coral dies 4000 fish become homeless, and most will die…

SO HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP!

WHAT'S SEACOLOGY? SEACOLOGY IS A PROGRAM

THAT GIVES TRADE. FOR EXAMPLE, SEACOLOGY

GIVES AN ISLAND SOCIETY A NEW SCHOOL IN EXCHANGE

FOR A “NO-TAKE” MARINE PRESERVE AREA THAT

PROTECTS REEF AREAS FROM FISHING.

Join Seacology

JOIN SEACOLOGY: BECAUSE THEY HAVE SAVED OVER 1.7 MILLION ACRES OF CORAL REEFS SINCE 1993 - SEACOLOGY.ORG

• For more tips go to 50simplethings.com/reefs

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Javna, John, Sophie Javna, and Jesse Javna. 50 Simple Things You Can Do to save the Earth. New York: Hyperion, 2008. Print.

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Nardo, Don. Oil Spills. San Deigo: Lucent, 1991. Print.

"NOAA CoRIS - Ecosystem Essays: Guam - Coral Reefs." NOAA Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) Home Page. Web. 06 Apr. 2012. <http://coris.noaa.gov/about/eco_essays/guam/coralreefs.html>.

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• "Reef Check - Saving Reefs Worldwide." Reef Check. Pacific Palisades, 2007. Web. 5 Apr. 2012. <http://reefcheck.org/default.php>.

• Connor, Karen O' Garbage. San Diego CA: Lucent, 1991. Print.