[Coral-List] Re: CO2, planes and corals Coral-List Digest, Vol 25, Issue 9

Melanie Gomes seaflower22 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 14 05:18:50 EDT 2005


Hello, 
Just two websites for anyone that wants to offset their carbon when
you do fly and to hopefully help all the reefs!
www.futureforests.com and www.climatecare.org
Thank you and good luck
Melanie Gomes


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>   1. Re: Sustainable financing of marine protected areas
>      (Martin P?cheux)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Martin Pêcheux <martin.pecheux at free.fr>
> To: Flo Depondt <fdepondt at coral.org>, coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:29:57 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Sustainable financing of marine protected areas
> Dear Flo,
> 
> Ther is a very high contradiction : tourists come in reefs to enjoy them,
> and travel by airplane, which do round mean Earth 6% of Global Warming
> (10-15% for Europe) which kill them with mass bleaching. So take a tax on
> their jet fuel comsumption at 23€/tCO2 (actual CO2 EU market, a minimum,
> hopefully and surely rising - 1 litre kerosen is 2.89 kg CO2 - dissolving
> 12 kg coral would the pH be kept constant, Earth regulation since >3.5Gyr)
> multiplied by 3.20 (best estimate of EU TRADEOFF program) for ozone,
> -methane, H2O, aerosols (soot, sulfate), contrails and induced cirrus.
> 
> No better thing than truth.
> Cheers,
> 
> Flo Depondt a *crit :
> 
> > Dear Coral-List,
> >
> > The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is conducting research on tourism
> > related fees (e.g. entrance fees, diving user fees) to support
> > sustainable financing of marine protected areas.  We plan to use the
> > results of our research to assist park managers and
> > communities who are considering setting up such fees.
> >
> > If you were involved with setting up a tourism fee system at a marine
> > protected area, or have a good understanding of the process
> > which was undertaken, we would greatly appreciate your assistance.
> >
> > Please take five minutes to fill out our questionnaire:
> > <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=289771185460>
> >
> > If you are a tour operator, please fill out a separate questionnaire
> > at: <http://surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=560921194523>
> >
> > If you have any questions or other information to share, please contact
> > Sherry Flumerfelt at sflumerfelt at coral.org or Florence
> > Depondt at fdepondt at coral.org.
> >
> > Thank you for your help.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Florence
> > --------
> > Florence Depondt
> > Program Assistant
> > The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL)
> >
> > 417 Montgomery Street, Suite 205
> > San Francisco, California, USA 94104
> > Phone: 415-834-0900 ext.313
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> > Web site: http://www.coral.org/divein
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> > Have you signed the Dive In Pledge yet? Show that you care about coral
> > reefs. http://www.coral.org/diveinpledge.html
> >
> > The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) coordinates Dive In To Earth Day in
> > partnership with Project AWARE Foundation, and with the support of West
> > Marine, Air Pacific, Earth Day Network and the International Coral Reef
> > Action Network (ICRAN).
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> -- Dr. Martin Pêcheux (IPCC Expert)
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> Human's origin is monkey, the proof is that they believe in god.
> Nosotros descendemos de los monos, prueba se cree en dios.
> Der Mensch stammt vom Affen ab, der Beweis ist, dass er an Gott glaubt.
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