Philippine coral reefs under threat

When it comes to marine biodiversity, the Philippines is regarded as something of a superpower.

But a new report from the University of the Philippines say the country's coral reefs are under threat from poaching, deforestation and illegal mining. According to the report, less than five per cent of the reefs are still pristine.

Jamela Alindogan reports from Verde island in the Philippines.

[June 10, 2011]

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[LouisianaGatorGirl]

The Philippines' coral reefs are fast going extinct while President Aquino fiddles, er, . . . races around in his Porsche on out-of-town roads in the wee hours of the morning.

[devonriley415]

Wow. Greed.

[mauroeso]

Keep reef save to more visitors come to philippines

[nomnomnommusic]

@dirtyboy830 no, he's/she's saying that co2 doesn's cause heat. they are saying that it traps heat being re-radiated from the earth, and that is what we have to be worried about.

[dirtyboy830]

@Maxdwolf OK, so these people, Fourier et al, had psychic powers? No, seriously. That's before the industrial revolution. How could they possibly observe something that hasn't even occurred yet?  I can't believe how dumb you are. I'm really getting a good laugh at all this nonsense.

So, you say that co2 does not cause heat? Then you are admitting that I am right and that you were just buying into a panic and there's no reason to go back to living in the stone ages.

[Maxdwolf]

@dirtyboy830 Fourier in 1824, Tyndall in 1859, Arhennius in 1896. Dumbass

You claim that experts in the field are wrong, the onus is on you to prove it. You posted an article one article that didn't prove your point. Not impressed.

I do not claim that CO2 causes heat. I say it is a greenhouse gas. That is an established fact. Even the few climate scientists who remain skeptical over all don't deny that. It helps trap heat. You have had this explained to you multiple times. Moron.

[dirtyboy830]

@Maxdwolf I can't believe how full of shit you are. 150 years of research? Right.

I don't have to prove anything because there is nothing to prove.

I never "spouted" a strawman. You claim that it causes heat. I don't.

I post NASA articles, but they still aren't enough for you. There is no way to reason with someone who has completely divested their emotions from everything but fear. Again, you are buying into a panic.

[Maxdwolf]

@dirtyboy830 No, not what I said. Try again. There is 150 years worth of research on this topic and the vast preponderance supports the theory. If there is evidence to the contrary you have failed to provide it. You have spouted a nonsense strawman argument about co2 not causing heat and then made a claim about one particularly set of satellite data that you have failed to back up.

[dirtyboy830]

@Maxdwolf Yes, there is only scientific evidence when it supports what you say.  That's a good one.

[Maxdwolf]

@dirtyboy830 Of course I wouldn't believe you. You've gotten so much wrong so far. It's not the same exact data. In the first case the data of how the sensors tended to skew the readings was missing. In any case, even if we throw that out, the case is still made by thousands of other studies for the case of anthropogenic global warming.

[Maxdwolf]

@dirtyboy830 No, there is no such scientific evidence. Also the truth of a matter is dealt with by the preponderance of the evidence, not by any small piece. Otherwise, there's be no way of getting to the truth of any matter.