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Many scuba divers don’t realize they damage reefs

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By Ronan Roche, Bing Lin
| The Jakarta Post Verified
Scuba diving is often presented as a success story for marine ecotourism. Each year millions of people dive beneath the surface to experience coral reefs first-hand. Scuba diving generates income for coastal communities and helps people understand why coral reefs matter. But that success also brings a conservation challenge. It brings tourists into direct contact with sensitive coral ecosystems, where a misplaced fin, hand or camera can add to the stresses reefs already face.
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Scuba divers underestimate how much damage they do to coral reefs. We've watched hundreds to find out why

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By Ronan Roche, Bing Lin, Lisa Lock
| Phys.org Verified
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scuba diving is often presented as a success story for marine ecotourism. Each year, millions of people dive beneath the surface to experience coral reefs firsthand. Scuba diving generates income for coastal communities and helps people understand why coral reefs matter. But that success also brings a conservation challenge.
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Scuba divers underestimate how much damage they do to coral reefs – we’ve watched hundreds to find out why

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By Ronan Roche
| Inkl
A scuba diver resting on a reef in Leyte, Philippines. Bing Lin Scuba diving is often presented as a success story for marine ecotourism. But that success also brings a conservation challenge. It brings tourists into direct contact with sensitive coral ecosystems, where a misplaced fin, hand or camera can add to the stresses reefs already face. At a time when reefs are severely threatened, understanding how divers might help, or harm, those ecosystems has never been more important.
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