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Report --Marine Ecosystem- Life under water |
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by Anishka Jha | 20-01-2020 13:38
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Life Below water – is one of the most important sustainable development goals set by United Naiton Development Programme. Designated as goal 14 SDG, it aims to sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems from pollution, as well as address the impacts of ocean acidification. To understand the Life below water we need to understand our marine ecosystem and how its habitants get affected because of uncontrollable action by human beings. Marine ecosystems include salt marshes, mudflats, seagrass meadows, Mangroves and coral reefs. The magnitude of light, water depth, proximity to land, and topographic complexity all affect marine habitats. Marine ecosystems are the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems and its waters have a high salt content. Oceans make up 71 percent of the Earth's surface. The salinity of the oceans is both human induced as well as naturally driven by evaporation, rainfall, and the flow of rivers into the sea. Man is highly dependent on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods but Marine ecosystem is reaching alarming levels due to overexploitation of fish stocks and marine pollution as an average of 13,000 pieces of plastic litter are found in ocean in every square kilometer. Besides plastic pollution our marine eco system is also getting affected by over fishing, that is when fishermen catch more fish than the ocean can produce. Bottom trawling is another notorious industrial fishing method to catch large amounts of fish. It involves dragging a large net with a heavy weight across the sea floor which indiscriminately catches every life and object it encounters on its way, killing fishes, turtles, sea cod, shrimp, sole, marine mammals etc. It destroys large amount of sea floor habitats and vegetation that serves as food and shelter for marine species. Marine eco system supports plethora of life under water with a variety of its habitat. Marine conservation institutes need to firm up policies and take stringent action against the issues that affect its existence. We need to manage such a crucial vital source for the humanity as a whole as well as to offset the effects of climate change. Credits—undp.org, britttanica, national geographic, photo- national geographic |
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9 Comments
Greetings
I do hope everything is going well..
Thank you so much for sharing your report..
Hope to learn more from you..
Keep writing and sharing!!
Green cheers
Regards
Jasmine karki
Posted 15-03-2020 15:07
Hello anishka
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Regards
Susmita
Posted 25-02-2020 01:22
Hello Anishka
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about Marine Ecosystem- Life under water
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 22-01-2020 16:08
Thank you every one for your valuable feedback:)
Posted 21-01-2020 14:28
Absolutely ! The situation getting like it's now or never for preserving our ecosystem.Thank you for this information.
Posted 20-01-2020 23:13
Hey Anishka,
So saddening to hear that environmental crimes of humans are so badly effecting the innocent marine life and other animals around us.
They shouldn't be paying such a huge prize for our careless deeds.
More people need to know about how one absent mindedly done action like tossing a plastic bag into the ocean can have severe consequences
After all human's need to know that earth isn't only theirs but of every other living organism that lives in it too!
Thank you for writing such an eye opening report :)
Posted 20-01-2020 21:21
Hey Anishka!
It's your mentor Lisa.
Good to have you back here and I think it's very responsible of you to catchup with your missed reports:)
Keep working!
Overfishing, yes is also a serious threat that we are posing to the marine ecosystem. Some parts of the world are already suffering from the loss of catch. Yet, many people haven't realized the seriousness of the problem that we are facing and repeat the foolish saying that we could always replace our meal with different kinds of fish. But we all know that this is not the true fundamental solution. Unless we change our fishing habits, this tragedy will not come to an end!
Great article you have here and keep working:)
Posted 20-01-2020 18:08
Hello Anishka
Who would not agree with the importance of the marine ecosystem to human society. I think the main point is that still many people are not aware of the severe situation of the ocean. If they get to know about the situation, they will find the necessity of reducing the use of plastics and will buy less plastic products. And reports like this will definitely play huge role in making people aware of the issue.
Thank you for the informative report!
Posted 20-01-2020 14:15
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Hello Anishka from Nepal!!
It is really so bad to hear from Everywhere that our ecosystem is on the verse of Collapsing!!!
The level of succession of plastic ecosystem is increasing so rapidly!!
Still we know the cause and effect but we had to pretend like a dumb and blind!!
So dreadful to see the extinsion and collapsing of ecosystem one of which is Marine!!!
Hoping for the best!!
Keep writing such a great report
Posted 20-01-2020 13:51