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	<title>Coastal Care &#187; Mangrove and Coral Destruction</title>
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	<description>The mission of the Santa Aguila Foundation is to raise awareness of and mobilize people against the ongoing decimation of coastlines around the world.</description>
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		<title>Pacific Islands May Become Refuge for Corals in a Warming Climate, Study Finds</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/04/pacific-islands-may-become-refuge-for-corals-in-a-warming-climate-study-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have predicted that ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents to operate in a surprising way...]]></description>
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		<title>Fishermen Blast Premier Dive Sites off Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/04/fishermen-blast-premier-dive-sites-off-indonesia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by illegal fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey.The site is among several to have been hit inside Komodo National Park.]]></description>
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		<title>Under Climate Change, Winners and Losers On the Coral Reef</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/04/under-climate-change-winners-and-losers-on-the-coral-reef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As ocean temperatures rise, some species of corals are likely to succeed at the expense of others, according to a new report that details the first large-scale investigation of climate effects on corals.]]></description>
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		<title>Google Earth Tour of Reefs at Risk, Video</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/04/google-earth-tour-of-reefs-at-risk-video/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/04/google-earth-tour-of-reefs-at-risk-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Films]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>The Reefs at Risk project</em> raises awareness of threats to coral reefs around the world, and provides information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Ocean Temperatures and Protected Coral Reefs</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/03/rising-ocean-temperatures-and-protected-coral-reefs/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/03/rising-ocean-temperatures-and-protected-coral-reefs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mangrove and Coral Destruction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Special conservation zones known as marine protected areas provide many direct benefits to fisheries and coral reefs. However, such zones appear to offer limited help to corals in their battle against global warming, according to a new study.]]></description>
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		<title>When It Comes to Creating Wetlands, Mother Nature Is in Charge</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/03/when-it-comes-to-creating-wetlands-mother-nature-is-in-charge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years of studying two experimental wetlands has convinced a researcher that turning the reins over to Mother Nature makes the most sense when it comes to this area of ecological restoration.]]></description>
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		<title>UN Team Examines Mining Threat to Great Barrier of Reef</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/03/un-team-examines-mining-threat-to-great-barrier-of-reef/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/03/un-team-examines-mining-threat-to-great-barrier-of-reef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sand Mining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A UN team has arrived in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Government’s Great Barrier Reef Plans&#8217; Questioned</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/02/australia-wwf-questions-governments-great-barrier-reef-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/02/australia-wwf-questions-governments-great-barrier-reef-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A monitoring mission from the UN educational and cultural arm, UNESCO, will visit Queensland next month to examine concerns about major port developments and other potential threats to the World Heritage listed reef, as WWF challenged the Australian Government’s view that the Great Barrier Reef is being sustainably managed, citing publications showing that coral had declined by up to 50 per cent.]]></description>
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		<title>Staghorn Coral Transplanted to Threatened Reef</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/02/staghorn-coral-transplanted-to-threatened-reef/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/02/staghorn-coral-transplanted-to-threatened-reef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a delicate operation at sea, healthy staghorn coral were transplanted to a threatened reef off the Broward County coast, Florida, by researchers at Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Center and its internal National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI).]]></description>
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		<title>Pyramids Planted to Revive Philippine Corals</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/02/pyramids-planted-to-revive-philippine-corals/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/02/pyramids-planted-to-revive-philippine-corals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of small "pyramids" are being planted off the Philippines' famous Boracay's coast in an effort to bring its nearly destroyed coral reefs back to life, an environment group said Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>Detecting Detrimental Change in Coral Reefs</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/detecting-detrimental-change-in-coral-reefs/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/detecting-detrimental-change-in-coral-reefs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over dinner on R.V. Calypso while anchored on the lee side of Glover’s Reef in Belize, Jacques Cousteau told Phil Dustan that he suspected humans were having a negative impact on coral reefs. Dustan, a young ocean ecologist who had worked in the lush coral reefs of the Caribbean and Sinai Peninsula, found this difficult to believe. It was December 1974... and Cousteau was right.]]></description>
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		<title>Mangrove: The Root Of The Matter</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/11/mangrove-the-root-of-the-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2011/11/mangrove-the-root-of-the-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami disaster that struck Indonesia, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey explored how these unique trees hemming the shorelines, which make up valuable forest ecosystems called mangroves, help safeguard lives, property and beaches during hurricanes, tsunamis and floods.]]></description>
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