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GLOBAL 3000 | Fishing With Nets Instead of Chemicals -- Saving the Coral Reefs

1,763 views · Published 13 January 2009 · 4:19 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: DW News · 2009 · Entertainment

Coral reefs are among the world's most striking natural wonders, but their beauty is endangered. A new study, conducted by experts from 95 countries, has found that 20 percent of the planet's reefs have already been destroyed.

It concludes that, by the year 2030, two-thirds of all coral reefs could be dead. Coral reefs are very sensitive to the changes in temperature caused by global warming, but they're also succumbing to poisons like cyanide. The chemical is commonly used by fishermen in South East Asia to stun and catch ornamental fish, but now fishermen on the Indonesian island of Bali are switching to nets to help save the ecosystem.

GLOBAL 3000 | Fishing With Nets Instead of Chemicals -- Saving the Coral Reefs

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