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...fans, the Royal Diving Club in the resort area of Aqaba is the perfect place to combine a quick swim with a chance to spot lionfish, snappers and barracuda in the wreck of the container ship Cedar Bride, which lies 20 meters deep in the warm waters off Rainbow Reef. Read more details at www.jptd.com.jo...
...This two-story wall of water, often just as thick as it is tall, has battered and broken countless professional surfers and killed at least one of them. When the wave closes out, it looks as though the entire Pacific Ocean is trying to stomp onto the shallow coral reef below. It is terrifying to watch, insane to surf--and Keala Kennelly's favorite spot...
...lost--at least not yet. Even as Wilson and others warn of an impending Armageddon, conservation groups and scientists are devising innovative strategies for preserving broad swaths of rain forest, grassland, tundra and coral reef before they are swallowed by the global village. All face the fundamental dilemma: how to balance man's economic urgency with nature's ecological vulnerability...
...popular ecotourist destination in Central America - Duffy relates stories of scuba-diving and snorkeling visitors who have grabbed onto, or stepped on, fragile corals and otherwise harassed marine wildlife. Despite being urged to "leave only bubbles" in their wake, they have fomented occasional political controversy. In their pursuit of reefs, rainforests and ruins, writes Duffy, they "did not reflect on the environmental impact of the construction of hotels, the use of airlines, the manufacture of diving equipment, the consumption of imported goods or even something as visible as taking a motorboat out to the reef, which polluted the water...
...than 81,000 square kilometers of coastline and 17,000 islands to patrol, the Department of Fisheries faces a herculean task, and it doesn't cost much to avert the eyes of a prying inspector. Marine biologists estimate that well in excess of half of the nation's coral reefs suffer some damage from dynamiting. Environmental education programs are having some effect, but international demand and a willingness to pay top dollar for reef delicacies like the napoleon wrasse make it difficult for conservationists to get their message across. Over the past 10 years the situation has worsened. The coral...