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

[Magnus Johnson]

I absolutely agree - The situation with Mauritius is quite tense.  The US should leave Diego Garcia now unless the Chagossians choose to keep them there.  The UK should transport Chagossians back to their homeland and pay them significant compensation.  The Chagossians should determine the conservation of their waters.  The world should support them and the sustained conservation of Chagos and surrounding waters on a legitimate footing.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-chagossians-the-indian-ocean-islanders-exiled-from-their-home-and-struggling-to-make-ends-meet-in-britain-10169107.html

Coral reef conservation cannot be sustainable in a political, moral and legal vacuum.  We cannot pretend to hold the moral high ground and encourage or demand better behaviour when our behaviours and inabilities to conserve our own back yards are and have been at times is just as bad as that of China.

"How is it that supposed experts and "guardians of nature" come here after having failed to conserve trees and wildlife in their places of origin?"

(Maasai community leader; from Dowie 2011, Conservation Refugees)
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From: Phil Dustan [dustanp at cofc.edu]
Sent: 10 April 2015 15:23
To: Magnus  Johnson
Cc: Coral List
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] New (old) way to murder a coral reef

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<mailto: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)
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From: Phil Dustan [dustanp at cofc.edu<mailto: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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