Recovery of coral reefs linked to healthy fish.
A study by the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom indicates that coral reefs damaged by climate change can recover. Over a two-and-a-half year time period, the scientists evaluated reefs at 10 sites throughout the Bahamas that had been severely damaged, first by acidification and bleaching and then by a devastating hurricane in 2004.

The study showed that coral reefs located within marine reserves had increased in growth by an average of 19%, while reefs in non-reserve sites showed no recovery.

This finding does not bode well for reef recovery as only about 2% of the world's coral reefs are located within marine reserves that are protected against damaging activities like fishing.

Lead study scientist, Professor Peter Mumby explained that certain marine life like parrotfish eat seaweed, which then allows the corals to grow freely and that governments should thus consider expanding the protected areas. He explained: “In order to protect reefs in the long-term we need radical action to reduce CO2 emissions.

However, our research shows that local action to reduce the effects of fishing can contribute meaningfully to the fate of (the) reefs.” Professor Mumby and University of Exeter researchers, you have our heartfelt thanks for your encouraging findings. May governments and individuals alike join in sustainable actions to save our precious marine environments.

Supreme Master Ching Hai has frequently spoken of the need to preserve Earth’s biodiversity, as in an interview published in the September 2009 edition of the British Parliament's The House Magazine.

http://www.physorg.com/news182237863.html
http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0110-hance_coralrecover.html

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A recent report by US-based environmental think tank Worldwatch Institute concludes that, given current global conditions,human civilization is headed toward collapse unless we shift our measure of success away from material goods and toward sustainable living.  
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20100113-247049/Give-consumerism-a-break-and-save-
the-world-report-urges
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6096
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/6979611/Human-civilisation-will-collapse-unless-greed-culture-
is-stopped-report-warns.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/12/climate-change-greed-environment-threat

A study by the World Wildlife Fund-UK and the Food Climate Research Network estimates that food is responsible for 30% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and recommends dietary changes to reduce the toll on the environment.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/18/119538/Farm-emissions-39far-higher-than-thought39.htm

As Honorary Chairman of the World Scout Foundation and Chief Scout of Oman, respectively, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Omani Sultan Qaboos Bin Said call for the millions of youth Scouts across the globe to engage more actively in protecting the environment and assuring sustainability.
http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=738114
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2010/January
/middleeast_January374.xml&section=middleeast

The United Kingdom donates funds to begin preserving the Carteret Islands’ cultural heritage of songs, ceremonies, myths and legends, as its continuity is threatened as residents leave their island homes that are sinking due to rising seas.  
http://malumnalu.blogspot.com/2010/01/uk-government-to-support-preservation.html