[Coral-List] New (old) way to murder a coral reef

[Phil Dustan]

Magnus,
  So Just because a bunch of reefs have been murdered by military powers
over time there is no reason to take the destruction to new and higher
levels on purpose, especially when it is in violation of international law
and aggravates an already tense political problem (
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/10/us-china-southchinasea-reach-idUSKBN0N10YJ20150410
).

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Magnus Johnson <m.johnson at hull.ac.uk>
wrote:

> People in glass houses . . . .
>
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.co.uk_maps_place_Diego-2BGarcia-2BMilitary-2BBase_-40-2D7.3914155-2C72.4053261-2C61220m_data-3D-213m1-211e3-214m2-213m1-211s0x2492724c04a8a721-3A0xbce8b282922bb016&d=AwIFAg&c=7MSSWy9Bs2yocjNQzurxOQ&r=mxnjGj1-K1cYCH-JH1g-7Q&m=yzWpp1zsQBYO6fwtFB7R0j7PJl0TyzMzAGigu1jlOKQ&s=jcitp4LPn5shs-8B1hkgtlb__jTC49lsUbNoFcYYJcM&e=
>
> (UK & US: disputed territory, damage to reefs and wildlife, unlicensed
> fishing, riding roughshod over international conventions)
> ________________________________________
> ________________________________________
> From: Phil Dustan [dustanp at cofc.edu]
> Sent: 09 April 2015 10:44
> To: Coral List
> Subject: [Coral-List] New way to murder a coral reef
>
> Greetings Listers,
>  While we ponder the ways of the diving industry the Chinese have taken
> reef destruction to another dimension in the South China Sea:
>
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.scmp.com_news_asia_article_1761516_satellite-2Dphotos-2Dshow-2Dchina-2Dreclaiming-2Dland-2Daround-2Ddisputed-2Dmischief-2Dreef&d=AwIFAg&c=7MSSWy9Bs2yocjNQzurxOQ&r=mxnjGj1-K1cYCH-JH1g-7Q&m=yzWpp1zsQBYO6fwtFB7R0j7PJl0TyzMzAGigu1jlOKQ&s=wuvvHFgAUejwRDjUAXbyDMZOaftEKQHi4u_cjiQoWNc&e=
>
>
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> Phillip Dustan
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Phillip Dustan
Department of Biology
College of Charleston
Charleston SC  20401
Charleston SC
843 953 8086 (voice)
843-224-3321 (m)

"When we try to pick out anything by itself
we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords
that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe. "
*                                         John Muir 1869*