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    Coral reef degradation is defined as the potential mass death of coral reefs due to both local and global factors. Coral reefs are important because they protect coastlines, provide habitat for marine organisms, and assist with nutrient cycling and carbon/nitrogen fixing. The main causes of coral degradation are dynamite fishing, overfishing, pollution, sedimentation, and poor land use practices. The effects are loss of marine habitat and organisms, reduced nitrogen fixation increasing greenhouse gases, water pollution, and increased vulnerability to tropical storms. Ways to prevent further degradation include reducing runoff and carbon footprint, using less water and organic fertilizers, and implementing presidential decrees on fishery protection and water quality management.

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    Coral reef degradation is defined as the potential mass death of coral reefs due to both local and global factors. Coral reefs are important because they protect coastlines, provide habitat for marine organisms, and assist with nutrient cycling and carbon/nitrogen fixing. The main causes of coral degradation are dynamite fishing, overfishing, pollution, sedimentation, and poor land use practices. The effects are loss of marine habitat and organisms, reduced nitrogen fixation increasing greenhouse gases, water pollution, and increased vulnerability to tropical storms. Ways to prevent further degradation include reducing runoff and carbon footprint, using less water and organic fertilizers, and implementing presidential decrees on fishery protection and water quality management.

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    Coral Reef Degradation

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    Coral reef degradation is defined as the potential mass death of coral reefs due to both local and global factors. Coral reefs are important because they protect coastlines, provide habitat for marine organisms, and assist with nutrient cycling and carbon/nitrogen fixing. The main causes of coral degradation are dynamite fishing, overfishing, pollution, sedimentation, and poor land use practices. The effects are loss of marine habitat and organisms, reduced nitrogen fixation increasing greenhouse gases, water pollution, and increased vulnerability to tropical storms. Ways to prevent further degradation include reducing runoff and carbon footprint, using less water and organic fertilizers, and implementing presidential decrees on fishery protection and water quality management.

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    CORAL REEF

    DEGRADATION
    S U B T ITLE
    WHAT IS CORAL REEF
    DEGRADATION?
    Coral reef destruction is defined as
    the degradation(and potential mass death) of
    the ocean's corals. ... Due to a variety of local
    and global factors, which can be either
    independent or interacting, more and more of
    the world's reefs are dying.
    5(a) Importance of Coral Reefs
    • protect coastlines from the damaging effects of
    wave action and tropical storms.
    • provide habitats and shelter for many marine
    organisms.
    • are the source of nitrogen and other essential
    nutrients for marine food chains.
    • assist in carbon and nitrogen fixing.
    • help with nutrient recycling.
    What Is the Cause of Coral
    Degradation?
    • Dynamite/Cyanide fishing
    • Over-fishing
    • Pollution from sewage and agriculture
    • Sedimentation from Poor land use practices
    (Lack of Knowledge)
    How does Coral Reef Degredation
    affects to us?
    •It affects our daily livestocks
    •It affects our air and water
    •It affects Marine animals e.g. Fish
    What is the Effect of Coral Reef
    Degredation?
    • Loss of Habitat of Marine Animals
    • No nitrogen fixation that may lead to
    increased of Greenhouse Gases
    • Water Pollution
    • Marine Animals will perish
    • Tropical Storms may rise
    HOW TO PREVENT CORAL REEF
    DEGREDATION?
    • Plant trees. Trees reduce runoff into oceans,
    and runoff can damage coral reefs.
    • Reduce your carbon footprint. This really
    matters. ...
    • Use less water. ...
    • Use organic fertilizer to avoid chemicals
    running into the ecosystem.
    Presidential Decree
    • P.D. 704- Preservation of optimum productivity of
    fishery resources through conservation and protection
    • P.D. 1219- Providing for the protection of coral
    ecosystem
    • P.D. 1067- Water Code of the Philippines
    - adops adequate measures to conserve and
    regulate the use of water in commercial, industrial, and
    residential areas. It also provides other policy guidelines
    on water quality and management of water resources.

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