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To: maceng2 who wrote (6101)	3/28/2006 5:36:18 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 36917

Island nation creates third largest marine park 25 minutes ago A tiny island nation in the Pacific Ocean has created the world's third-largest marine reserve, as global efforts to preserve biodiversity widen to include everything from insects to fish to forests. President Anote Tong of the Republic of Kiribati announced the formation of the park on Tuesday at the 8th United Nations conference on the Convention on Biological Diversity under way this week in Brazil. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area bans commercial fishing to protect more than 120 species of coral and 520 species of fish inside its 73,800 sq miles. It is the world's first marine park with deep-sea habitat, including underwater mountains. Bigger reserves are located in Australia and Hawaii. "If the coral and reefs are protected, then the fish will grow and bring us benefit," the president said. "In this way all species of fish can be protected so none become depleted or extinct." Kiribati is located in the central Pacific between Hawaii and Fiji. It is the largest atoll nation in the world, with 33 islands stretching across several hundred miles. The New England Aquarium in the United States and Conservation International, a non-governmental organization, are helping the tiny country set up the reserve. The two organizations will help set up an endowment that pays for the park's management costs and compensates the government for revenue lost from granting fewer commercial fishing licenses. Subsistence fishing will be allowed in the park for local residents. "This is a major milestone for marine conservation efforts in the Pacific and for island biodiversity," said Russell A. Mittermeier, president of Conservation International. Copyright © 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Copyright © 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

To: maceng2 who wrote (6101)	3/28/2006 6:22:04 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

Christianity is not anti-environmental. Many Christians take seriously the Bible's admonition to be good stewards of God's creation. It's the fundamentalist bible-thumpers who are expecting the Apocalypse any day now who are the problem. They think the world's going to end soon, Jesus is going to walk through the Gates of Jerusalem and-- poof-- there'll be a whole new heaven and earth. Problem with this line of thinking is.. many of them have been saying this for the last two thousand years.. :) There have been articles posted here in the past that point out this "End of the World Soon" reasoning by some influential fundamentalist leaders. American Ayatollahs, I call them. That was a good article-link. By the way.