Living on Coral Time: Debating Conservation in the Anthropocene
Arcadia, Spring 2019, no. 1
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Through the Reef: Settler Politics, Science, and the Great Barrier Reef
Rohan Lloyd explores the relationship between scientific management and preservation of the Great Barrier Reef, with the understanding of anthropogenic climate change marking a pivotal point.
Coral Bleaching Harms Seychelle Islands
The 1998 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) triggered the worst coral bleaching event ever witnessed, and is indicative of what future climate change events can destroy.
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The Establishment of the Mafia Island Marine Park
The Mafia Island Marine Park (MIMP) off the southeast coast of Tanzania is officially established by a resolution of the Tanzanian National Assembly. Its attempt at conserving marine resources creates problems for locals who rely on marine ecosystems for income.
Blast Fishing in the Spermonde Archipelago
The Spermonde Archipelago is home to one of the world’s largest coral reefs. With the introduction of blast fishing methods during Word War II, the coral reef’s biodiversity has been under threat.
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Deep Blue—A Natural History of the Oceans
Deep Blue is an underwater exploration into the secret lives of sea creatures.
"'Loved to Death:' Coral Collecting in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 1770–1970"
Recent scholarship has investigated the rate of deterioration of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia since European settlement and the severity of human impacts on that ecosystem. Yet in previous environmental histories of the Great Barrier Reef, the impacts of coral collecting have not been adequately documented.
"Mining the Reefs and Cays: Coral, Guano and Rock Phosphate Extraction in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 1844–1940"
Daley and Griggs present documentary and oral history evidence to show that the extent and severity of mining in the Great Barrier Reef has been hitherto neglected in environmental histories of the ecosystem.
Oil drilling in the Great Barrier Reef
Public protests lead to the prohibition of oil drilling in 1970.
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