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by Justice Obiri | 12-06-2020 13:06
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Marine habitats are habitats that support marine life. Marine environments support all habitats that support marine life; they are dependent on each other. When there is a disturbance in a marine habitat, marine environment becomes disturbed. This means marine life such as fishes, corals, kelp, mangroves and seagrasses depend so much on their environment for survival. It must be noted that marine life does so much for the survival of living things on land. They serve as food which provides the basic need of nutrition which is an important life process. They serve as medicine, we get fuel from marine life, they also serve as a source of recreation. It is therefore important to preserve marine environment to ensure sustainability within the ecosystem of marine environment. As humans as we are, some actions of ours are dangerous to marine life and we must find a way to curtail or stop it. On sea, oil is spilled into the sea without considering its effects. Oil spillage is so bad a practice. It contaminates the sea causing a disturbance in the marine habitat which would directly affect the marine environment. Organisms in such an environment of spilled oil, would die or worse off, develop diseases which could be transmitted to humans when they are consumed. Growing seagrasses and corals also die off. Some fish farmers resort to using chemicals and explosives for fishing which is another bad practice. How safe are fished who have been harvested using chemicals or explosives? This poses a danger to humans and the marine environment as a whole. As humans, we stand at risk of food poisoning and death. We must therefore endeavour to refrain from such unhealthy practices of harvesting for fishes. Open defecation is another problem here in Africa, I always feel ashamed to talk about this but I think it is the only way to help find a solution to this. Open defecation is a big problem that has to be curtailed very soon for the survival of Africa. Due to lack of washrooms in residential areas, most people are forced to release faecal matter directly into bushes or any water body around. In bushes, when it rains it carries these faecal matter is washed into the waterbodies and it must be put on records that this is the main cause of cholera and diarrhoea in Africa. These same waterbodies serve as the only source of water for towns or villages they are located. So when the water becomes polluted with any disease, everybody gets infected as well. You only feel how sharp the knife is when it is cutting you in person, let’s endeavour to make life better for all of us by practicing sustainable fishing methods that would not endanger the marine environment and directly, us as human beings. |
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Hi Justice Obiri, this is a mentor, Sang Su Lee.
Thank you for introducing some human practices that incur detrimental results on the ocean environment. Open defecation... Developing countries such as Africa have poor facilities. In fact, I've experienced similar problems in India too. I hope many wealthy countries donate their money to build sufficient toilets in this country.
As you've mentioned maintaining good marine environment is imperative because it is a place where treasure is buried. I hope humans endeavor harder not to pollute the ocean.
Thank you for your article ~!
Green Cheers~!
Posted 30-06-2020 22:07
Hello Justice,
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about Marine Environment
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 18-06-2020 21:02
That is totally right, Thanks Taehyun Mentor
Posted 17-06-2020 10:01
Hello Justice Obiri, this is mentor Taehyun!
Thank you for your article on the importance of the sea! This gives us an indirect sense of how the cycle of resources is going and how humans are contributing to the cycle. The detergents and pollutants that we thoughtlessly dumped in the sewers and in the streams in front of the house combined with what others threw away, eventually returned to the sea, which evaporated and returned to us... It seems that we need a more caring attitude toward nature.
Thank you for the report!
Green cheers!
Posted 16-06-2020 15:01
Thank you for this useful and beneficial report
keep writing , keep shinning
Regards,
Prabha
Posted 14-06-2020 18:57
Keep writing wonderful reports!!
Posted 14-06-2020 01:35
Hi Sandhya, thanks for the comment.
Posted 13-06-2020 11:59
Hello Justice,
I do hope you are fine there and doing great with your works,
Thanks for your outstanding presentation. Marine habitats are in the verse of destruction, we must have to think it more wisely,
Keep writing,
Looking forward to read much more from you,
Yours,
Sandhya
Posted 13-06-2020 11:53
I totally agree with you, Malika. Thanks for the comment.
Posted 13-06-2020 11:47
Thanks for beneficial article. Agree nowadays marine habitats suffer from human beings. People need to pay more attention to marine environment and protect it.
Posted 12-06-2020 19:31