Save our Reefs from now

Over the last 100 years, faces up 1 meter of sea water, the earth's surface temperature rose 1 degree Celsius, and we also realize that our world is becoming increasingly hot.

World increasingly crowded with people, more than six and a half billion people. Struggle ends meet increasingly vicious. Modernisani vehicle industry is spreading and more greedy. So the pollution was increasingly cruel, especially when then stimulate the growth of CO2 mengangkasa giant dome that is the greenhouse effect, global warming to melt the ice also becoming both poles of the earth. And be not strange world when thousands of experts preach how fast sea levels rise. According to some experts and world experts say that the earth every 10 C rise in temperature, sea level rise of 1 meter. In fact, during the last 100 years, paras sea level has risen by 1 meter. If this condition continues, then it is not possible in 2030 of about 2000 islands will be lost due to drowning by sea.

Global warming is now occurring not only threaten human life above ground but also threaten coral reef ecosystems under the sea. In the 1997/1998 El Nino events, sea surface temperature rises suddenly, causing the occurrence of mass coral bleaching and off about 16% of coral reefs around the world. Most of them are coral reefs that are hundreds or even thousands of years.

Countries that have a large enough forest in the world, including Indonesia and Brazil, it played an important role to keep the lungs of the world. So far the forest in trust as the lungs of the world that can bind off the carbon emissions into the air by industrial plants, motor vehicles, forest fires, cigarette smoke and many sources other carbon emissions, so as to reduce the impact of global warming . But in fact Indonesia is 2 / 3 area is ocean, also has a function and a large enough role in the binding of carbon emissions even double the capacity of the forest. Carbon emissions that reach the sea, absorbed by phytoplankton which is very large sea and then sunk to the seabed or converted into an energy source when phytoplankton is eaten by fish and other marine biota

Rising temperatures and sea levels are two constraints that a major cause of loss and degradation of coral reefs. Both problems are also a serious impact on the ecology of the oceans and the most important coral reef which is home to various ocean creatures. Animals reefs will become stressed if the temperature increase more than 2-3 degrees Celsius above normal sea temperatures. In times of stress, pigment color (single-celled algae, or zooxanthellae) that attached to his body would go or die so that the cause of bleaching (bleaching). As many as 70-80 percent of food depend on algae reefs, so they will experience hunger or death. When corals bleach or dead, cut off the food chain will have an impact on sea fish stocks and marine ecosystems.

Coral reefs can reduce the impact of global warming. Coral reefs in good condition having a fairly broad functions, namely to break waves and reduce erosion, and areas containing limestone reserves of carbon deposition, as a place to breed, find food and shelter for fish and other marine biota. Coral reefs also serve to reduce the carbon released into the atmosphere so as to reduce ozone damage. But the bad condition of coral reefs by reducing lime and subsequently the surface of coral reefs. So that the waves can no longer be broken by the coral reef at the location to be far below the sea permukanan. The longer, strikes the ocean waves will erode the lowlands into the sea.

It should start from now we care about coral reefs. By giving education to the general public (especially those living along the coastline) about this phenomenon through several media such as leaflets, booklets and various other print communications media have disseminated to the public, including through electronic media, radio and television. Then the coastal law enforcement and participation in preserving the integrity of the coastal region, one of which with overseeing and maintaining illegal mining activities in the coastal areas that must be stopped immediately. And most importantly to reduce the impact of global warming with campaigns about the gas emissions from various sources that participate ozone aggravate the condition.

Promoting the preservation, protection and improvement of the condition of coral reef ecosystems, especially begi public interest that their life is very dependent on the exploitation of these ecosystems. Increasing partnerships between institutions in order to formulate and implement programs in coral reef management programs based on the balance in the use of natural resources. Develop layout and management of coastal and marine areas to maintain the sustainability of coral reef ecosystems and the ecological function of coral reefs kelastarian. And develop science and technology, research, information systems, education and training in the management of coral reefs by increasing the role of the private sector and international cooperation is a common policy in the management of coral reefs.