Belize Barrier Reef Reserve
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Belize Barrier Reef Reserve
Axia College, University of Phoenix
Belize Barrier Reef is located one third to 50 miles off the coast of Belize in the Caribbean. Belize Barrier Reef extends 146 miles from the cost of Mexico to the cost of Guatemala. The Belize Barrier Reef consists of seven National Parks or Marine Reserves. The Belize Barrier Reef is approximately 237 acres(The Encyclopedia of Earth, 2009). The Belize Barrier Reef is home to several reefs, offshore atolls, large plots of sea grass, forests of mangroves, several hundred sand cays, and large numbers of fish species, marine turtles, American marine crocodile, and manatees. The Belize Barrier Reef was inscribed into the World Heritage List in 1996. The Belize Barrier Reef is in danger from sedimentation, agricultural run-off, costal development, over fishing, and tourism. Until recently the Belize Barrier Reef only had threats that were natural in nature. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve from 1993-1998 had a budget of $3 million in funding. This is why we are here today. The increase of recent activity has put the Belize Barrier Reef in danger and in need of funding.
Coral reefs have the most diverse ecosystem; reefs are used by more species than any other marine ecosystem. Many species can be found on the reef at any given time; some species use the reef a different times of the day; some of the species feed on different life forms. There are over a
1,000 different living species that call the Barrier Reef home.
All the species on the reef have a unique relationship. Each of the species that live or visit the reef needs each other to survive. The reef needs the vegetation to survive; the vegetation needs the reef to survive; the animals that live on or visit the reef need the vegetation and the reef to survive. Two types of vegetation are critical to the growth and maintenance of the reefs ecosystem (Casado Internet Group, 2009). The first type of vegetation is a single...
Axia College, University of Phoenix
Belize Barrier Reef is located one third to 50 miles off the coast of Belize in the Caribbean. Belize Barrier Reef extends 146 miles from the cost of Mexico to the cost of Guatemala. The Belize Barrier Reef consists of seven National Parks or Marine Reserves. The Belize Barrier Reef is approximately 237 acres(The Encyclopedia of Earth, 2009). The Belize Barrier Reef is home to several reefs, offshore atolls, large plots of sea grass, forests of mangroves, several hundred sand cays, and large numbers of fish species, marine turtles, American marine crocodile, and manatees. The Belize Barrier Reef was inscribed into the World Heritage List in 1996. The Belize Barrier Reef is in danger from sedimentation, agricultural run-off, costal development, over fishing, and tourism. Until recently the Belize Barrier Reef only had threats that were natural in nature. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve from 1993-1998 had a budget of $3 million in funding. This is why we are here today. The increase of recent activity has put the Belize Barrier Reef in danger and in need of funding.
Coral reefs have the most diverse ecosystem; reefs are used by more species than any other marine ecosystem. Many species can be found on the reef at any given time; some species use the reef a different times of the day; some of the species feed on different life forms. There are over a
1,000 different living species that call the Barrier Reef home.
All the species on the reef have a unique relationship. Each of the species that live or visit the reef needs each other to survive. The reef needs the vegetation to survive; the vegetation needs the reef to survive; the animals that live on or visit the reef need the vegetation and the reef to survive. Two types of vegetation are critical to the growth and maintenance of the reefs ecosystem (Casado Internet Group, 2009). The first type of vegetation is a single...