Thursday, September 4, 2008

Somalia/ Coral Reefs

Because of a seasonal cool-water upwelling, Somalia has only a few well-developed coral reefs, along its southern coast and the adjacent Bajuni Islands, and a few patch reefs off Mogadishu. These cora reefs are threatened, like all East African reefs, with sedimentation from erosion and agricultural runoff, overfishing, blast fishing, and depletion of the coastal mangrove trees vital to reef health. It's like almost the same thing that happens to them. Everywhere. Not only in Somalia! World wide!

Source: Action Atlas

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