What are some uses of coral reefs to bordering regions?
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Coral reefs have many uses.\n\nFirst, they act as a giant breakwater stucture. They minimize the impact of stormes, alrge waves and prevent beach erosion.\n\nSecond they are a source of food. Reefs have abundant fish and spawning grounds for larger species. Many people rely on fish protein to survive and living near a reef can provide this.\n\nThird they hold economic value though tourism as an unspoiled reef can bring tourists and thier money to a region.\n\nFourth they hold cultural values. Many cultures have developed using the reef as part of their structure.
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People here don't get we have over 2,000 miles of boarder on land and about twice that on sea!! No one can build a fence that big! Are we going to depth charge the coasts?\n\nWe have a hard enough time defending bi-lateral fences that are 155 miles long in Korea!\n\nMaybe the repubs would like it as it wastes a whole lot of money!
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try using some bird netting along the outside of the dock.  Excpt for where you need to get through.
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Hmmm.  Very interesting question.  Where did you come up with it?  I don't know if there ARE eight factors that are used to determine the boundaries of an ecozone. In fact, the whole concept of an ecozone is one of shifting boundaries and definitions, and there aren't any set-in-stone rules i know of as to how ecozones are determined in the first place.\n\nHere's what i know, though, with backup documentation and sites i've outright stole from since they said it better then i can at the moment.\n\n~~\nWhat's an ecozone?\n\nAn ecozone is an area where organisms and their physical environment endure as a system.\n\nThe Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada, for example, is an ecological framework developed that provides a standardized geographical reference system for real places out in the world. The use of such a framework of standard ecological units allows for common communication and reporting between people involved in difference kinds of work and study.\n\nThis framework consists of 15 ecozones. Within these are 194 ecoregions.\n\nMost of the features which are used to detemine an ecozone are factors normally thought of as natural - landforms, soils, water features, vegetation and climate. However, where human activities are extensive and are key to sustaining the character of the area, they are also considered.\n\nDefinitions:\nEcozone: An area of the earth's surface representative of large and very generalized ecological units characterized by interactive and adjusting abiotic and biotic factors.\n\nEcoregion: A part of a province characterized by distinctive regional ecological factors, including climatic, physiography, vegetation, soil, water, fauna and land use.\n\nEcodistrict: A part of an ecoregion characterized by distinctive assemblages of relief, geology, landforms and soils, vegetation, water, fauna and land use.\n\n~~\nA little more scientific...What's an ecozone?\n\nEcozones are global divisions which have their own characteristic interplay of climatic factors, morphodynamics, soil-forming processes, living conditions for plants and animals, and production potentials for agriculture and forestry. \n\nThey are distinguished by different climates, landforms, soil units, plant formations and biomes, and land use systems. In the (hierarchical) systems of natural regions, the term ecozone represents the highest class heading. A few of the ecozones are subdivided into comparatively independent subregions or ecoregions, such as the Polar subpolar zone, which is divided into the glacier-covered regions (ice deserts), the frost debris regions and the tundra. \n\nNine ecozones have been defined:\n1. Polar subpolar zone\n2. Boreal zone\n3. Temperate (or Humid) midlatitudes\n4. Dry (or Arid) midlatitudes\n5. Subtropics with winter rain (or Mediterranean-type subtropics)\n6. Subtropics with year-round rain (or Humid subtropics)\n7. Dry tropics and subtropics (or Tropical/subtropical arid lands)\n8. Tropics with summer rain (or Seasonal tropics)\n9. Tropics with year-round rain (or Humid tropics)\n\nThese ecozones occur in bands, often fragmentated because of the distribution of the continents and oceans, from the poles to the equator. All are present in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.\n\n~~\nCanada\n\nCanada seems to be the world leader in the ecozone concept.  The Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification was created in 1976 to provide a national forum to encourage the development of (1) a uniform national ecological approach to terrestrial ecosystem classification and mapping as well as (2) a sound application of the ecological approach to sustainable resource management and planning. \n\nThe objective of thier approach is to delineate, classify, and describe ecologically distinct areas of the earth's surface at different levels of generalization using various abiotic (nonliving, i.e., soils, rainfall) and biotic (living, i.e., plants and animals) factors at each of the leve
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The purpose for each depends on the region.
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large scale dumping of waste from industrial areas, oil spill, hot water discharged from industries and power plants, and hm...hunting of vulnerable marine species, destruction of coral reefs..for ornamental purposes..etc
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As far as I know, few of the islands other than Hawaii are big enough to support cities or other major development.  Also, there isn't a lot of reason to develop there, since it is so far away from everything.  Most of the development on the Pacific Islands is for either recreation/tourism or for refueling stations and military bases.
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Using commercial activities and alliances to further geopolitical goals.  One example might be China bidding to manage the Panama Canal.  It is a seemingly commercial activity, in the short-term, that China could use in the future to influence politics and alliances in Central and South America.
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territories, colonies
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In addition to rainforests--coral reefs. Over-fishing, pollution, and warming are negatively impacting the reefs in many parts of the world.
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Log onto this website for your answer. We all appreciate the question and e-conversation anyway.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef
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Contact different tourism agencies they undoubtably have videos about fishing vacations on the barrier reef.  I'm sure you can have them for free, if they think you're planning a trip.
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Zone near the coast.\nIt refers to the eco-system where the ocean meets the land.\nNot always a beach.
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You might learn a lot from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization\nI think the borders were more a part of the monarchy's decision to allow for different parties to control different areas as they gradually made their way on to the continent
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It's because they are also collecting coral.  They break of large chunks of coral to sell to tropical fish tanks.  The loss of this coral can destroy the coral reefs.  The tropical fish live off of the coral, so with less coral around, the environment supports less fish.  With constant collection eventually all of the coral and fish will be gone.  AND THEN.... after the coral reefs are destroyed there will be nothing really protecting the beaches around that area.  The coral reefs put up a kind of barrier that deadends the ocean's power.  With that gone, the ocean water will be able to "attack" everything after the reef closer to the beach.  That beach area also had its ecosystem setup around the deadened ocean, so when the reef is gone, the ocean will come in at full force and then destroy that area too.
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They have a key role to play in marine ecosystems and erosion of shores.
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In many ways for instance reducing cutting trees in the tropical forest area or replanting after cutting trees,differentiating agricultural zone from industrial zone, making zone of grazing lands.Above all reducing the industrial wastage links to the sea and polluting the air.