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*“pet trade”  
*“pet trade”  


'''Legal issues and Policies on Coral Reef Trade''' <references />
'''Legal issues and Policies on Coral Reef Trade''' <ref> "Global Trade and Consumer Choices: Coral Reefs in Crisis." Coral Reefs in Crisis. N.p., 2008. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. </ref>
*Executive Order no. 13089 for the Protection of Coral Reefs
*Executive Order no. 13089 for the Protection of Coral Reefs
*Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
*Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Revision as of 17:10, 27 February 2013

The Coral Trade

Coral Reef Trade Outline

Demand and Use of Coral: Business behind the Trade

  • when it first became popular
  • brief history
  • products and uses (jewelry to medical)

Ethical Concerns behind the Trade culture

  • wild animal trade
  • “pet trade”

Legal issues and Policies on Coral Reef Trade [1]

  • Executive Order no. 13089 for the Protection of Coral Reefs
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  • discussed during Clinton Administration
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)

Trade used for Destructive practices

  • removing reefs & removal methods
  • manipulating the poisons
  • stun fish & treatment of other marine life
  • killing coral

Biological Damage caused by removal of Corals

  • long generation periods for regrowth
  • importance of coral to other organisms within reef ecosystem
  • statistics/percentages of marine life based in coral reefs and the natural destruction and death of coral
  1. "Global Trade and Consumer Choices: Coral Reefs in Crisis." Coral Reefs in Crisis. N.p., 2008. Web. 26 Feb. 2013.